According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, since abortion clinics closed permanently in Louisiana the number of online purchases of abortion pills from addresses in the state have increased by 170 percent. New Orleans Democrat State Representative Aimee Freeman says she’s not surprised.

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The Louisiana Right to Life says it’s dangerous to terminate a pregnancy through an abortion pill.
68 out of approximately 400 United Methodist churches in the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church say they are leaving over same sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy. A new bishop is being brought in to try to heal divisions. Bishop Dee Williamston says she is in favor of inclusion at the church’s table

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Passenger rail service could be coming to Northeast Louisiana as soon as 2025. A conference held last week in Monroe discussed launching a study of implementing the service. Southern Rail Commission chairman Knox Ross says it’s an idea people have asked for and been working toward for 25 years. He says the proposal is to split the existing New Orleans-to-Washington DC route at Meridian, Mississippi…:

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Ross says the study should get underway soon, and should not take long to complete.
Who would have thought that LSU would be in contention to win an SEC title less than a year after Brian Kelly was named the head coach of the Tigers? But that’s the situation facing the Bayou Bengals after their dramatic 32-31 overtime win over Alabama on Saturday. Kelly’s team could win the SEC west this Saturday with a win over Arkansas and an Ole Miss loss…
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Kick-off at Arkansas is at 11 AM.