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By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews, Mar 27, 2024

The proposed amendment was sold as attempting to protect doctors in medical emergencies, but would have gone much, much further.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (LifeSiteNews) – The Louisiana House’s Civil Law and Procedure Committee voted 10-2 on Monday to quash a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would enshrine a state-level “right” to abortion.

House Bill 245 would have proposed language to be added to the Louisiana Constitution declaring that “(a)ll persons have the right to decide and implement their decisions regarding reproductive healthcare including but not limited to contraception, fertility treatment, pregnancy continuation, miscarriage care, abortion care, and birthing options” as well as the “right to be treated with dignity and respect” regarding those decisions.

It further states that the state government “shall not penalize or discriminate against an individual voluntarily exercising” those rights or “or an individual or entity assisting another in exercising” them unless it can show it is “properly and effectively using the least restrictive means to advance an individual’s health in accordance with widely accepted and evidence based standards of care”; and that nobody may be prosecuted or otherwise punished for an “actual, potential, perceived, or alleged pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, or other pregnancy-related outcomes.” …

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