Louisiana tightens up abortion laws
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/13/2010 5:40:00 AMLouisiana has taken further steps on the way to becoming one of the most pro-life states in the country.
Governor Bobby Jindal (R) signed three pro-life measures into laws last week. Gene Mills, executive director for the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF), tells OneNewsNow that one of the measures deals with abortion funding in federal healthcare reform, banning coverage for elective abortions in the insurance purchasing pools.
"Louisiana exercised its prerogative in saying, 'Thank you, Mr. Obama, but no thanks. We are not interested in providing public monies, or pools of public monies, to offset or provide for insurance coverages that would extend to or include abortion,'" Mills reports.
He points out that Louisiana's ultrasound bill, which received the most debate, does something unique in providing a window into the womb for a mother seeking an abortion.
"It's required that the provider offer -- not force, but offer -- the young mother an opportunity to see the screen and/or a photographic image of her child," the LFF executive director explains.
He adds that another law bans doctors who perform elective abortions from being covered under medical malpractice laws, which is expected to be challenged in court. Moreover, the bills do not allow any exceptions for rape or incest victims, but they do include loopholes for when a mother's life is in danger.
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