Abortion and LA Trigger Laws
During Session Act 545 (SB 342) by Sen. Katrina Jackson • Creates mandatory imprisonment and fines for physicians performing elective pregnancy terminations in most circumstances • Includes exception for medically futile pregnancy • Includes exception for life or serious bodily injury to the mother • Addresses use of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancies • Required LDH to promulgate list of conditions considered medically futile • Failed to repeal older statutes
After Session Adjourned • June 24: US Supreme Court releases opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning Roe v. Wade • “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.” • 2 Louisiana Trigger Laws impacted
• Act 467 of 2006 in immediate effect • Act 545 of 2022 in effect but under stay • Constitutional Amendment adopted in 2019 • ObGyn, Emergency, Oncology - impacts
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