Louisiana Republicans advance bill to make abortion a crime of murder

Photo caption: The Republican House minority whip, Steve Scalise, speaks to anti-abortion activists outside the US supreme court in Washington DC on 1 December 2021. Photo credit: Rex / Shutterstock. Article by Martin Pengelly. The Guardian – May 5, 2022.

Since supreme court draft ruling was published, Democrats have warned of a likely torrent of challenges to established rights

Republicans in Louisiana have advanced a bill to make abortion a crime of murder, as a draft decision that would end abortion rights continues to spark nationwide protests and police in Washington raised “non-scalable” fences around the supreme court. […]

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