Abortion Restrictions

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit this week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s visit.

The nonprofit health care organization’s two clinics in the state shut down due to what Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast CEO Melaney Linton called “relentless political assaults.”

The study compiled complaints made to the New Orleans Health Department and found regular delays for various reasons in accessing misoprostol.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky, Missouri and Texas introduced similar legislation to Louisiana's law that reclassified mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled substances.

Two new Louisiana abortion restriction laws took effect Friday, including one that allows Louisianians to sue out-of-state providers of abortion-inducing medications.

Louisiana women had more abortions last year despite the state’s near-total ban, according to new data released three years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

A bill that would expand the definition of “coerced abortion” received final passage in the Senate.

New Orleans health department fields complaints over access obstacles for non-abortion health needs.

The bill, which failed to advance past the House Criminal Justice Committee, would have allowed exceptions for victims of rape and incest who were under the age of 17.

The billboards are part of a campaign by The Brigid Alliance, a national group that offers to help people cover the costs of traveling to states where abortion is legal.