Abortion in Louisiana is illegal as of August 1, 2022. [1] [2] In 2022, Governor John Bel Edwards signed a law criminalizing abortion providers. An earlier version of the bill had also sought to criminalize abortion seekers, but this was vehemently opposed by both opponents and advocates of abortion rights. [3]

Except in the case of a medical emergency, consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if and only if certain conditions are met. Louisiana law requires your doctor to tell you about the nature of the physical and emotional risks of both the …

10 hours ago · The Louisiana indictment, by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish, follows what is believed to be the first civil suit filed against an abortion provider in a shield-law state. That case was ...

Jun 24, 2022 · Louisiana's trigger law, signed by former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, goes into effect once Roe v. Wade is overturned. The law bans most abortions and criminalizes the act of providing an abortion,...

Mar 19, 2024 · In the wake of Louisiana's abortion ban, pregnant women have been given risky, unnecessary surgeries, denied swift treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies, and forced to wait until...

(1) Any decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which overrules, in whole or in part, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed. 2d 147 (1973), thereby restoring to the state of Louisiana the authority to prohibit or limit abortion.

15 hours ago · Wade, Louisiana has had a near-total abortion ban, without any exceptions for rape or incest. Under the law, physicians convicted of performing an illegal abortion, including one with pills, face ...