Louisiana lawmaker tries again to add abortion exception for minors
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Louisiana bill would allow abortion exceptions for minors in sex crime cases
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Louisiana lawmakers will once again consider adding exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban during the upcoming legislative session. House Bill 215, authored by state Rep. Delisha Boyd (D-New Orleans), would allow minors who become pregnant as a result of certain sex crimes to seek an abortion under state law. The proposal applies to victims under the age of 17 and includes the following offenses: …

Missouri House GOP starts over with new bill to ban abortion with limited exceptions
Rep. Brian Seitz, a Branson Republican, speaks during House debate in March 2025 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications).With less than six weeks left in the legislative session, Missouri House Republicans scrapped their latest of several iterations of an abortion ban in search of a new solution. The newest proposed constitutional amendment got its first committee hearing Wednesday night with a bill filed by Republican state Rep. Ed Lewis of…
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