A bill to add the exceptions of rape and incest to the state’s abortion ban failed in House Criminal Justice Committee. Before a crowded room, Bill author New Orleans Representative Delisha Boyd told committee members her own mother was raped for years by someone almost twice her age and pregnant at 15.
There was emotional testimony for and against adding exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.
Debbie Melvin spoke in opposition to the bill. She says the act of abortion is yet another trauma rape victims would endure if they choose to end the pregnancy.
House Bill 346 bill failed to make it out of committee on a ten to five vote.
A bill that would have barred ANYONE under 21 from entering a bar moves forward but with significant changes. Kevin Gallagher has more…
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