A leading anti-abortion advocacy group has announced its opposition to a controversial bill that would charge pregnant women with murder if they have an abortion. Louisiana Right to Life Executive Director Benjamin Clapper says abortion-vulnerable women should not be treated as criminals. And He says this legislation that makes abortion illegal is not needed…
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The bill to charge women who have an abortion with homicide is scheduled for a vote on the House floor Thursday.

It will be hot and dry today, but Louisiana Radio Network Meteorologist John Wetherbee says rain chances will go up on Thursday…
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The state health department reports a decline in the state’s cesarean delivery rate as a result of Louisiana hospitals participating in the department’s Safe Births Initiative. The cesarean delivery rate in 2021 was 29-percent down from 33-percent in 2020. She says many doctors are waiting until a birthing mother is six centimeters dilated instead of four before deciding to go through with a C-section…
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Ochsner Baton Rouge electrophysiologist Doctor Freddy Abi-Samra is using breakthrough pacemaker technology. He’s completed a procedure of implanting a pacemaker that’s a leadless device that corrects the heart’s rhythm without having to attach wires to the heart’s muscles. Abri-Samra calls this new technology a game-changer for patients…
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