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It Took Three Days For Louisiana to Criminalize Miscarriages, Too.
This is war.
After the leak of the first draft of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion overturning Roe vs. Wade, the all out war on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy has escalated even further. It took three days. Three days for Louisiana to pass legislation that not only bans performing abortions outright, but determines women who get an abortion will be open to prosecution, and includes absolutely no exceptions.
Greg Hilburn with USA today writes:
“…Louisiana already has a “trigger law” criminalizing abortion should Roe v. Wade be overturned, which would subject doctors or others who perform abortions to up to 10 years in prison. But the law does not call for prosecution of the pregnant woman.
McCormick’s bill, which would amend homicide statutes, has no exception and abortion rights attorneys said it would subject women to prosecution.
“This is saying that people can be charged with murder for any act that they take against their own pregnancy,” said reproductive rights lawyer Ellie Schilling.
McCormick said the Rev. Brian Gunter of First Baptist Church in Livingston helped author the bill.
“No compromises; no more waiting,” Gunter said. “The bloodshed in our land…
