by medication. in passing the bill, stay lawmakers ignored testimony from doctors and experts who said its restrictions are not medically necessary and would force clinics to close. the louisiana bill has been delayed by court challenges. if all are upheld, the number of abortion clinics in the entire region could be reduced from 38 to 11. louisiana governor bobby jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, also brushed off warnings that the law would be a setback to women's constitutional right to a safe and legal abortion. about an hour after it passed, he tweeted, looking forward to signing hd-388. this bill will give women health and safety protection they deserve. women in louisiana and across the south do deserve health and safety protection. yet politicians in five states have enacted laws that seem less like protection and more like a game of keepaway. creating a sort of growing zone of lack of access that would