Gov. John Bel Edwards signs abortion bill -- with no exceptions for rape, incest -- into law

[In It to Win It]

Last edited Tue Jun 21, 2022, 10:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Gov. John Bel Edwards signed sweeping legislation Tuesday that would criminalize abortion in Louisiana and ban the procedure in nearly all circumstances from the moment of implantation if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The legislation does not include exceptions for rape and incest.

Senate Bill 342 by Sen. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe) updates Louisiana’s 2006 abortion “trigger law” and more than a dozen other prospective abortion restrictions and is the product of lawmakers’ close collaboration with the anti-abortion group Louisiana Right to Life.

The bill stiffens the criminal penalties for abortion providers already outlined in state law, doubling the maximum sentences to 10 and 15 years, depending on when an abortion is performed during a pregnancy.

Pregnant women are explicitly excluded from prosecution for the “crime of abortion,” but critics of the bill say its broadened definition of personhood could expose doctors and patients alike to prosecution for homicide and dozens of other offenses in the state’s criminal code.

The bill added medically futile and ectopic pregnancies to the list of circumstances in which an abortion would be allowed, but the bill’s sponsors fought off multiple attempts to include rape and incest exceptions

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[Lovie777]

1. Ok .. .

what I read, He, the Gov did, ok.

[Demovictory9]

2. ugh

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

3. As per message board rules, I cannot say what I want to.

So I will just say "ugh".

[Hav]

4. As bad as it is,

one has to accept that this seems to be a needed improvement to the 2006 bill. These days, having exceptions for ectopic pregnancies is almost a win as some Repubs fight against that as well. That's sadly the state of the US right now.

[Seeking Serenity]

6. DU's TOS? (n/t)

[In It to Win It]

7. Didn't think it was necessary

I think we all know which party he belongs to...

I simply copied and pasted the title and text. I didn't think it was necessary to add any additional info to it.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Your OP was fine. Leaving party unsaid heads off some of the usual shit stirring.

[sakabatou]

8. So he believes women are second class citizens

[Orrex]

11. That, or chattel.

[Orrex]

9. Have no fear

Republikkkans will still be able to obtain safe, discrete abortions for their mistresses and their child rape victims.

[onecaliberal]

12. So basically if you have pregnancy issues it's a death sentence.

Only a shithole country does this.