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Louisiana's Abortion Ban NO Exceptions for Rape and Incest Victims Click HERE to read the bill, SB 33, in its current form. Click HERE to find researched talking points on why exceptions for rape and incest victims should be included, if SB 33 is passed into law. Click HERE
to read Irene Weiser's "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ABORTION RIGHTS
AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: an open letter to the domestic violence and
sexual assault community" Click HERE to read stories of survivors who oppose this ban. (Note: These stories are unedited for content and may be triggering.) Click HERE to take action through Stop Family Violence.
LaFASA congratulates the following Senators who voted in favor of Senator Joel Chaisson’s (D- Destrehan) floor amendment that would have included exceptions to the abortion ban in case of rape and incest:
LaFASA is disappointed that the following Senators voted against the Chaisson floor amendment, thus indicating that they feel rape and incest victims should be forced to carry their rapists’ babies even if the rapist is an immediate family member:
We also thank Representative Diane Winston (R-Covington) for offering an unsuccessful amendment that would have required public hospitals to provide unbiased oral and written information about emergency contraception to all rape victims and to provide EC on request to any rape victim who asks for it. LaFASA is disappointed that the House of Representatives rejected both of these amendments.
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