US EditionLouisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion ban
- Louisiana lawmakers rejected a bill on Tuesday that would have allowed young rape victims under 17 to access abortion, marking the third consecutive year of failure.
- The rejection followed ongoing debates in the strongly anti-abortion state, where the near-total abortion ban allows exceptions only for maternal death risk or fatal fetal abnormalities.
- Democratic Rep. Delisha Boyd, whose mother was raped as a teen, opposed the ban, while Democratic Rep. Patricia Moore, also conceived from rape, opposed the bill citing religious beliefs and struggle with the issue.
- The bill failed by a 3-9 vote with two Democrats siding with Republicans, amid testimony about over 64,000 rape-related pregnancies in abortion-ban states from July 2022 to January 2024.
- The rejection left Louisiana’s strict abortion restrictions intact, forcing rape survivors to carry pregnancies to term or seek abortion care out of state, while advocates plan to reintroduce the bill annually until the ban changes.
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Louisiana Legislature won't add child rape exceptions to abortion ban
The state Legislature has killed a bill that would have allowed child and teen rape victims of abortion and incest to access abortions, two years after the state implemented a near-total abortion ban.
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Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion ban
Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.
Louisiana Rejects Bill to Help Pregnant Minors Raped, Keeps Strict Abortion Ban
In an emotional session that brought lawmakers and advocates to tears, Louisiana’s House committee once again rejected a bill that would’ve allowed minors under 17 who were raped to access abortion. The vote? 3 in favor, 9 against. This marks the third time Democratic Rep. Delisha Boyd from New Orleans tried — and failed — to get this law moving. Boyd’s motivation is personal. Her mother was raped at 15 and gave birth to her, only to pass away b…
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