Federal anti-abortion rights provision blocking states from banning abortion outright
June 14, 2011
What could have been an effective trigger to begin dismantling Roe v. Wade died last week in Louisiana after the state House voted 65-30 to recommit a bill that would have effectively banned abortion. The Associated Press initially reported that Louisiana lawmakers moved against passage after the bill’s author, Rep. John LaBruzzo (R-District 81), provided a fiscal analysis showing that the state was at risk to lose $4.5 billion in federal health care funding through Medicaid were the bill to pass. (The Washington Independent)
