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Louisiana First to Ban Partial-Birth Abortions After Supreme Court Ruling
July 16, 2007
Baton Rouge, LA (LifeNews.com) – Louisiana is the first state to ban partial-birth abortions following a ruling from the Supreme Court saying a national ban on the gruesome abortion procedure is constitutional. The high court ruled such bans don’t need a health exception because the three-day-long abortion procedure doesn’t protect women’s health.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat, signed into law two companion bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Beard, a Republican, and Sen. Ben Nevers, a Democrat.
Under the measures, anyone who does a partial-birth abortion could be fined between $1,000 and $10,000 and go to prison for anywhere from one to 10 years.
The bill would prohibit more than 300 such abortions that are done in the state on an annual basis. (bold mine for emphasis)
(The rest of the article here: lifenews.com/state2375.html