Thursday’s debate on Oil City Representative Danny McCormick’s bill to charge a woman who has an abortion with murder is met with questions of fallout from the issue among the Republican Party in Louisiana. LaPolitic’s dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says it was Republicans who amended the legislation and pointed out the bill could also punish those who use in-vitro fertilization, and that the bill in its original form is unconstitutional.

Cut 3 (10) “….those amendments.”

If the bill had passed as originally written it was poised to be one of the most aggressive new restrictions on reproductive rights in the country.

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Another homecoming in New Orleans as the Saints sign former Lutcher High School and LSU standout Jarvis Landry to a reported one-year deal. In eight NFL seasons, Landry has been named to the Pro Bowl five times and should give a major boost to the Saints’ receiving corp.

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The U-S Department of the Interior is canceling oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf. Though new leases won’t have an impact on current gas prices, since it will take years for them to produce oil, Louisiana Oil & Gas President Mike Moncla says that the President’s strategy doesn’t prepare the country to become more “green”, address the current fuel needs of Americans, or take into consideration the wide range of businesses that will be impacted.

Cut 9 (11) “…of our product.”

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Sunday night should present Louisianans with an ideal view of the lunar eclipse. LSU Astronomy Professor Jeffrey Clayton says the earth will travel between the sun and the moon, and the earth’s shadow should be visible beginning at 9:30 and last a few hours.