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A slew of new Louisiana laws, recently passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, went into effect Tuesday. Among the laws are those that ...
House Bill 648, which bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Louisiana, was one of several laws that went into effect Jan. 1. House Bill 648 prohibits those under 18 in Louisiana ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Over the weekend, voters approved all four constitutional amendments on the ballot in the 2024 December election. Amendment one received 53% of the vote, which now grants ...
Louisiana House Bill 71 (H.B. 71), or Act 676, [1] was a law passed by the Louisiana State Legislature and signed by Governor Jeff Landry in June 2024 that directs schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
The law would allow for the prosecution of any person who performed, or aided someone in performing, an abortion. It included penalties up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $100,000. [13] In the 2000s, Louisiana passed a law banning abortions after 22 weeks based on the belief that fetuses can feel pain at that point in a pregnancy. [14]
Louisiana's most recent execution occurred on January 7, 2010, with Gerald Bordelon, marking the state's 28th execution in the modern death penalty era. There are currently 76 people on Death Row ...
June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a Louisiana state law placing hospital-admission requirements on abortion clinics doctors was unconstitutional. The law mirrored a Texas state law that the Court found unconstitutional in 2016 in Whole
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Starting in 2025, Louisiana residents and businesses will see significant changes as dozens of new state laws take effect. From tightening voting regulations to ...