{"id":203509,"date":"2019-05-30T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=203509"},"modified":"2019-05-30T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:53:00","slug":"louisianas-democrat-governor-signs-heartbeat-bill-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisianas-democrat-governor-signs-heartbeat-bill-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana&#8217;s Democrat governor signs &#8216;heartbeat bill&#8217; into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Louisiana&#8217;s Governor John Bel Edwards, a pro-life Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/louisianas-governor-a-democrat-signs-heartbeat-abortion-bill-into-law?fbclid=IwAR1iq2xASFCK6F5DAAauq6ehuZpfY6ewpImGmkhSTh3FNt2I8uATTixKqMg\">signed<\/a> the state&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/text\/SB184\/2019\">Heartbeat Bill<\/a>&#8221; on Thursday which bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, usually at about six weeks gestation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I call on the overwhelming bipartisan majority of legislators who voted for it to join me in continuing to build a better Louisiana that cares for the least among us and provides more opportunity for everyone,&#8221; said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-house-heartbeat-bill-governor-sign\/\">The bill<\/a> allows for exceptions if the mother&#8217;s health is at risk or in the case of a fatal prenatal diagnosis for the child. However, in reality, abortion is <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-never-medically-health-care\/\">never necessary<\/a> for either of these reasons. Watch this video below to find out why:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ysl1tRnk-ig\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The law also states that while the abortionist would face up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, the woman wouldn&#8217;t face any charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/poll-americans-support-heartbeat-bills\/\">Poll: Most Americans support \u2018heartbeat bills\u2019 protecting preborn babies<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the signing of the bill, Louisiana becomes the fifth state to pass a &#8220;heartbeat bill.&#8221; Each of those states is facing legal challenges and the laws have yet to go into effect. As for Louisiana, its bill cannot go into effect unless Mississippi&#8217;s law is allowed to go into effect, as they are under the same federal appeals court circuit; however, a U.S. district judge blocked the Mississippi bill on Friday. Mississippi Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-house-heartbeat-bill-governor-sign\/\">Phil Bryant<\/a> plans to &#8220;encourage the Attorney General to seek immediate review of the preliminary injunction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Governor John Bel Edwards is known for his pro-life stance, which he says he came to when he and his wife were advised to abort their daughter, who had been diagnosed prenatally with spina bifida. The governor&#8217;s work in expanding the state&#8217;s Medicaid program. Each year that he has been governor, abortion numbers have dropped in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana&#8217;s Governor John Bel Edwards, a pro-life Democrat, signed the state&#8217;s &#8220;Heartbeat Bill&#8221; on Thursday which bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, usually at about six weeks gestation. &#8220;I call on the overwhelming bipartisan majority of legislators who voted for it to join me in continuing to build a better Louisiana that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":192166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Louisiana&#039;s Democrat governor signs &#039;heartbeat bill&#039; into law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pro-life Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards signed LA&#039;s heartbeat bill into law. 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