~ From the Chicago Sun-Times/Associated Press, June 15

Gov. Kathleen Blanco signed legislation Friday that penalizes doctors who perform a late-term abortion procedure, making Louisiana the first to outlaw the surgery since a similar federal ban was upheld this year.
The new law allows the procedure only when the mother’s life would be endangered without it. It would be a crime in all other cases, including when the pregnancy is expected to cause health problems for the mother.
The statute mirrors a federal ban President Bush signed into law in 2003 and that was upheld in April by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawmakers in other states are expected to consider similar bans. Louisiana is the first to enact one, according to the New York Center for Reproductive Rights, an abortion-rights group.

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In Louisiana, doctors face fines of between $1,000 and $10,000, and jail terms of between one and 10 years.
Planned Parenthood argued against the ban, but received a chilly response from lawmakers. Only a handful of legislators voted against the bill.

Interesting that the AP did not name that which was banned, Partial Birth Abortion, nor describe it, nor refute that there has never been a health reason found to commit it. Nor were any pro-life groups interviewed or referred to. Par.

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