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TexasTowelie

(111,944 posts)
Thu May 5, 2022, 05:46 PM May 2022

Louisiana legislators advance bill classifying abortion as homicide

May 5 (Reuters) - Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would abolish abortion in the state, grant constitutional rights to "all unborn children from the moment of fertilization" and classify abortion as a homicide crime.

The move on Wednesday came two days after a leaked draft ruling showed the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The court's final ruling is expected in June. read more

The Louisiana bill is one of a raft of proposals by lawmakers in conservative states to restrict access to abortion and a sign of Republicans feeling emboldened by the leaked draft opinion. Such restrictions could go further than the so-called trigger laws, bans and other regulations that will take effect in some 26 states should Roe be overturned. read more

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a Republican, this week said she would call for a special legislative session if Roe is overturned to limit abortion to the greatest extent possible. Lawmakers in Nebraska and Indiana also said their states should convene special sessions to consider limiting abortion rights.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/louisiana-legislators-advance-bill-classifying-abortion-homicide-2022-05-05/

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Louisiana legislators advance bill classifying abortion as homicide (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2022 OP
So now republican states are in a race to see who can be the cruelist and craziest. notinkansas May 2022 #1
Defining a fertilized egg, even before implantation The Unmitigated Gall May 2022 #2

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)
1. So now republican states are in a race to see who can be the cruelist and craziest.
Thu May 5, 2022, 06:12 PM
May 2022

Nice look in an election year, right?

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,779 posts)
2. Defining a fertilized egg, even before implantation
Thu May 5, 2022, 06:14 PM
May 2022

As a human.

So that, having an IUD, which prevents implantation, makes
you a murderer in the eyes of the clerics of Louisiana.

Fuck these people. Fuck them to hell and back. And back to hell again.

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