A Senate bill aimed at a diapers and tampons sales tax exemption initially killed as a constitutional amendment finds a second life. Initially, the bill did not receive the two-thirds support needed to pass following a 21-12 vote on the floor. Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt says the tax exemption would not offer beneficial savings to consumers enough to justify the measure.
Bill author New Orleans Senator JP Morrell says the savings helps the workforce for families who are required to send diapers with their child to daycare in order for a parent to maintain employment. Later, it was an amendment made by Morrell to the bill that resulted in advancement with a 29-5 vote.
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A House approved constitutional amendment stating there is no legal right to an abortion in Louisiana heads to the Senate floor. If it gets two-thirds approval by the Senate, the measure would share an October ballot with the gubernatorial primary. Monroe Representative Katrina Jackson …
The measure would only have a practical effect if Roe vs. Wade were to be overturned in the US Supreme Court.
New Orleans Abortion Fund Outreach Manager Steffani Bangel spoke in opposition, saying the proposal’s passage would endanger the right for women to have control of their own bodies.
Opponents argue the wording of the measure does not cover protections in the case of rape, incest, or to save the mother’s life.