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No more murder charge for women in Louisiana abortion bill

Rep. Barry Ivey, R-Baton Rouge, questions Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, on his bill, HB813, concerning abortion during legislative session, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the House Chambers of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hillary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, offers his Amendment No. 4357 to HB813 concerning abortion during legislative session, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the House Chambers of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hillary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, listens as Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, offers an amendment to his bill, HB813, concerning abortion during legislative session, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the House Chambers of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hillary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, speaks on his bill, HB813, concerning abortion during legislative session, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the House Chambers of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hillary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) during legislative session, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the House Chambers of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hillary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) People keep a close watch from the gallery as HB813 concerning abortion is heard on the floor during legislative session, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the House Chambers of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hillary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) Anti-abortion demonstrators outside the Louisiana Capitol show support for legislation that would subject women who get abortions to possible murder charges on Thursday, May 12, 2022 in Baton Rouge, La. The legislation was to be debated Thursday night by state House members. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill) FILE - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 1, 2022. A bill scheduled for debate Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the Louisiana House would make women who get abortions subject to criminal prosecution and prison — a position that has drawn opposition from Louisiana’s anti-abortion governor and groups including Louisiana Right to Life and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. “To suggest that a woman would be jailed for an abortion is simply absurd,” Edwards, a devout Catholic and a Democrat who has long broken with his party on the abortion issue said in a news release Wednesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File) FILE - A woman naps, bundled up against the air conditioning, as she waits to have an abortion, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La. A bill scheduled for debate Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the Louisiana House would make women who get abortions subject to criminal prosecution and prison — a position that has drawn opposition from Louisiana’s anti-abortion governor and groups including Louisiana Right to Life and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
No more murder charge for women in Louisiana abortion bill