The question over whether Louisiana’s trigger law that bans abortions in most cases in this state shifts to a courtroom in Baton Rouge after a New Orleans judge ruled that legal questions over legislation approved by the Legislature should be heard first in the East Baton Rouge Judicial system. Gene Mills, president of the Louisiana Family Forum says the laws are very clear….
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New Orleans Representative and pro-choice advocate Aimee Freeman remains very concerned Louisiana’s abortion ban does not provide any exceptions for rape or incest…
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The Advocate newspaper reports there is an effort to see if emergency contraception also known as the morning after pill can be used to prevent pregnancies from rape.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a surface trough of low pressure just off the Florida panhandle for possible tropical development. LRN meteorologist John Wetherbee has more….
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The family of a six-year-old boy who was bitten by an alligator while in Lake Maurepas in Livingston Parish says the child is doing fine after the traumatic experience. A four-foot alligator bit the boy when he was playing in three to four feet of water. Local officials are urging the public not to feed alligators in Lake Maurepas.