LOUISIANA: Gov Signs “No Exceptions” Abortion Ban

May 30, 2019 Civil Rights, Politics

Louisiana has become the latest state to have a controversial abortion ban signed into law. The Louisiana House of Representatives passed the bill on Wednesday, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature in order for it to become law.

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, has been vocal in his support for an abortion ban and signed the bill Thursday afternoon, his press office confirmed to ABC News.

Unlike some other bills and other existing abortion laws, the Louisiana bill does not include exceptions in cases of rape and incest. It is expected to be almost immediately challenged in the courts.

Louisiana’s Democratic governor just defied his party and signed an abortion ban into law https://t.co/wUHl9f3ZPn

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