The three remaining abortion clinics inLouisiana are plagued by protracted courts over the state'santi-abortion lawand countlesslaws. Preparing to move out of the state after the struggle. Restrictions on abortion care.
Its closure, along with the closure ofthe only remaining clinic in Mississippi, will leave a neighboring state without an abortion clinic for the first time in almost 50 years. Become.
Legal challenges to block state anti-abortion laws progress after landmark decision in Dobbs v Jackson by US Supreme Court and access to legal abortion has been frozen for weeks. The Women's Health Organization, Roe v Wade revoked the precedent and revoked the constitutional right to abortion care.
The Women's Health Care Center in New Orleans and the Delta Clinic in Baton Rouge, which also operate under the same owner, confirmed a spokesperson for The Independent.
}"Following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs and the implementation of Louisiana's abortion ban, except in rare cases, abortion is no longer legal in Louisiana. We plan to relocate and are in the final stages of an agreement so that we can provide respectful, non-judgmental, and quality abortion care services in two other states that respect and value the physical autonomy of women.
A supporter of June Medical Services, which operates the Hope Medical Group in Shreveport, was at the center of a serious case before the Supreme Court in 2020. Yes, and are collecting donations for "relocation of clinics to another state." To continue to provide safe and legal abortion care to those in need. ''
Clinic she opened in 1980.
On August 12, the Louisiana Supreme Court dealt a severe blow by denying the plaintiff's appeal to block her third abortion "trigger" law in the state. To abortion rights advocates and patients in the state. Her three overlapping abortion bans in
states make nearly all abortions illegal. The state prohibits providers from performing abortions provided the doctor uses "reasonable medical efforts" to save the life of the patient and the unborn child. In 2022, Louisiana's Democratic anti-abortion governor also signed a bill effectively banning all abortions after the moment of "fertilization and implantation."
Rape and incest pregnancies are no exception.
Providers could face up to 10 years in prison or a $100,000 fine.
A statement from Jennie Marr, a senior his staff attorney at the Reproductive Rights Center fighting state anti-abortion laws, said in a statement earlier this month: We are trying to provide care statewide.
"It is inhumane to live in fear of whether a patient will be able to access her reproductive health care," she said.
Louisiana is one of at least ten states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin, and nearly all Complete prohibition of abortion in cases.
As many as 26 states could outlaw abortion without the constitutional protections affirmed by Roe. The state legislature plans to consider more restrictive anti-abortion laws in the coming weeks and months. Earlier this month, Indiana was the first state to adopt new anti-abortion laws after the collapse of Law.
