{"id":95383,"date":"2016-06-01T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T16:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=95383"},"modified":"2016-06-01T13:57:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T17:57:22","slug":"louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs dismemberment abortion ban into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Tuesday, Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/news\/gov-signs-law-banning-second-trimester-abortion\/226144687\">signed<\/a> a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The gruesome procedure, formally known as dilation and evacuation (D&amp;E), tears apart a preborn child limb from torso. The ban will take effect on August 1, and makes an exception only for abortions deemed necessary for \u201cserious health risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even some pro-abortion figures, such as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/uploads\/stateleg\/DismembermentFAQJan15.pdf\">expressed ambivalence<\/a> toward the procedure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-88869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DE-4-panel-1-700x590.jpg\" alt=\"D&amp;E 4 panel (1)\" width=\"474\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DE-4-panel-1-700x590.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DE-4-panel-1-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DE-4-panel-1-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DE-4-panel-1.jpg 1297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino describes dismemberment abortions in greater detail as part of Live Action News\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\">Abortion Procedures<\/a> project in the following video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite what the procedure entails, abortion advocates such as NARAL <a href=\"\/news\/naral-calls-kansas-abortion-dismemberment-ban-medically-inaccurate\/\">falsely claim<\/a> that \u201cdismemberment abortion\u201d is a \u201cmedically inaccurate\u201d name.<\/p>\n<p>The National Abortion Federation\u2019s guide on dismemberment abortions <a href=\"\/news\/the-vanishing-baby-from-nafs-dismemberment-abortion-guide\/\">actually removes<\/a> the baby from the diagram, instead depicting forceps entering an empty uterus.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Edwards <a href=\"\/news\/democrats-for-life-hopes-gov-john-bel-edwards-pro-life-actions-set-an-example\/\">has also signed<\/a> legislation defunding abortion facilities\u00a0in the state, tripling the abortion waiting period from one to three days, and requiring that only physicians who are board-certified or certifiable in obstetrics and gynecology or in family medicine be allowed to perform abortions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":95393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[19,1333,3291,7051,741,1118,3567,3913],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Louisiana governor signs dismemberment abortion ban<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in 2nd-trimester abortions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Louisiana governor signs dismemberment abortion ban\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in 2nd-trimester abortions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-01T16:59:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-01T17:57:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-shot-2016-06-01-at-10.01.45-AM.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"671\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"378\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Calvin Freiburger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Calvin Freiburger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Calvin Freiburger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d\"},\"headline\":\"Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs dismemberment abortion ban into law\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-01T16:59:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-01T17:57:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"abortion\",\"dilation and evacuation\",\"dismemberment abortion\",\"John Bel Edwards\",\"Louisiana\",\"pro-life laws\",\"second trimester abortion\",\"state laws\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\",\"name\":\"Louisiana governor signs dismemberment abortion ban\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-01T16:59:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-01T17:57:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in 2nd-trimester abortions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs dismemberment abortion ban into law\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d\",\"name\":\"Calvin Freiburger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Calvin Freiburger\"},\"description\":\"Calvin Freiburger is a Wisconsin-based conservative writer and 2011 Hillsdale College graduate, dedicated to the principles of the American Founding\u2014individual liberty, limited government, public virtue, free markets, and strong defense\u2014though he believes no issue is more important than defending the unalienable rights of society\u2019s most vulnerable members. Calvin is an editor and administrator for TheFederalistPapers.org, and his work has appeared on NewsRealBlog.com, PatriotUpdate.com, LifeNews.com, LifeSiteNews.com, RightWisconsin.com, AmericanThinker.com, Stream.org, AmericanClarion.org, and more. Please check out his official website, ConservativeStandards.com. Follow @CalFreiburger\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/calvin-freiburger\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Louisiana governor signs dismemberment abortion ban","description":"Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in 2nd-trimester abortions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Louisiana governor signs dismemberment abortion ban","og_description":"Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in 2nd-trimester abortions.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2016-06-01T16:59:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-06-01T17:57:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":671,"height":378,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-shot-2016-06-01-at-10.01.45-AM.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Calvin Freiburger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Calvin Freiburger","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/"},"author":{"name":"Calvin Freiburger","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d"},"headline":"Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs dismemberment abortion ban into law","datePublished":"2016-06-01T16:59:32+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-01T17:57:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["abortion","dilation and evacuation","dismemberment abortion","John Bel Edwards","Louisiana","pro-life laws","second trimester abortion","state laws"],"articleSection":["Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/","name":"Louisiana governor signs dismemberment abortion ban","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-06-01T16:59:32+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-01T17:57:22+00:00","description":"Louisiana\u2019s pro-life Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the dismemberment abortion procedure commonly used in 2nd-trimester abortions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs dismemberment abortion ban into law"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d","name":"Calvin Freiburger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Calvin Freiburger"},"description":"Calvin Freiburger is a Wisconsin-based conservative writer and 2011 Hillsdale College graduate, dedicated to the principles of the American Founding\u2014individual liberty, limited government, public virtue, free markets, and strong defense\u2014though he believes no issue is more important than defending the unalienable rights of society\u2019s most vulnerable members. Calvin is an editor and administrator for TheFederalistPapers.org, and his work has appeared on NewsRealBlog.com, PatriotUpdate.com, LifeNews.com, LifeSiteNews.com, RightWisconsin.com, AmericanThinker.com, Stream.org, AmericanClarion.org, and more. Please check out his official website, ConservativeStandards.com. Follow @CalFreiburger","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/calvin-freiburger\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95383"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95400,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95383\/revisions\/95400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}