Louisiana’s abortion ban, a trigger law, is back in effect for a third time since the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
The trigger abortion ban law was passed in 2006, intended to come into effect in the event that Roe v. Wade is overturned. The law was updated with further exceptions earlier this year and signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, on June 22.
The abortion ban does not have exceptions in the case of incest or rape, but covers most exceptions related to medical reasons, including for saving the life of the mother, as well as “medically futile” pregnancies in cases of fetuses with fatal abnormalities….