Louisiana abortion ban: Exceptions proposed to growing list
Louisiana suggested an update to abortion regulations after a woman left the state to have an abortion because her fetus developed without a skull.
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Louisiana suggested an update to abortion regulations after a woman left the state to have an abortion because her fetus developed without a skull.
A pregnancy could be terminated if fetus is missing a skull, under proposed health rule.
Louisiana has proposed adding a new condition to the list of diagnoses that permit a abortion under the state’s strict ban.
Nearly all abortions remain illegal in Louisiana after the Louisiana Supreme Court voted to keep the statewide ban in effect. The ban has no exceptions for rape or incest.
Judges in Louisiana and Utah on Monday temporarily blocked "trigger" laws from taking effect as the legal battle on abortion shifted to the states following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade.