{"id":94557,"date":"2016-05-18T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=94557"},"modified":"2016-05-18T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T17:33:08","slug":"louisiana-committee-delays-decision-fetal-abnormality-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-committee-delays-decision-fetal-abnormality-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana committee delays decision on fetal abnormality bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Tuesday, the Louisiana State Senate&#8217;s Health and Welfare Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/theadvocate.com\/news\/acadiana\/15818969-64\/senate-panel-puts-temporary-hold-on-bill-that-would-bar-abortions-based-on-genetic-abnormalities\">postponed a decision<\/a> on legislation that would prohibit abortions sought on the basis of a child&#8217;s genetic abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p>HB 1019, which passed the House 75-1 last month, would punish abortionists violating the law with a potential maximum of two years in prison and a $1,000 fine, as well as civil penalties and disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Despite supporting many other pro-life bills, such as the recently passed 72-hour waiting period for abortion and banning the dismemberment abortion procedure, some on the committee hesitated over fears the law might not survive a likely legal challenge. &#8220;\u201cIf we can\u2019t win [in court], why are we doing this?\u201d Republican Senator Jay Luneau said. \u201cWe can\u2019t afford it. We\u2019re broke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Louisiana Right to Life maintains the bill is necessary for &#8220;upholding the dignity of that [disabled] child and saying you cannot discriminate against them.&#8221; Democrat Senator Regina Barrow also told the committee about her nephew, whose mother was advised to abort her disabled, now-25-year-old son: \u201cIf we had followed the advice we would have missed out on a blessing to our family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During his gubernatorial campaign, pro-life Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards ran ads recounting how he and his wife refused to abort their daughter Samantha, who has spina bifida.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is expected to consider the bill again next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Louisiana State Senate&#8217;s Health and Welfare Committee postponed a decision on legislation that would prohibit abortions sought on the basis of a child&#8217;s genetic abnormalities. HB 1019, which passed the House 75-1 last month, would punish abortionists violating the law with a potential maximum of two years in prison and a $1,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":73978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[5464,8796,7051,3794,741,7404,1118,8797,3913],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Louisiana committee delays decision on fetal abnormality bill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite supporting many other pro-life bills, some on the committee hesitated over fears the law might not survive a likely legal challenge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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