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Louisiana Bill Prohibiting Public Funding of Abortion (HB 606)
This law was last updated on Feb 27, 2017
This law is Anti–Choice
Number
HB 606
Status
Current
Proposed
Mar 4, 2016
Sponsors
Co-sponsors: 52
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 53
Full Bill Text
HB 606 would prohibit entities that perform abortions from receiving public funding, unless the abortion was necessary to save the life of the pregnant patient, the pregnancy was a result of incest or rape, or the pregnancy was diagnosed as medically futile.
The bill would prohibit any institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or employee of the state, from contracting with, awarding any grant to, or otherwise bestowing any funding upon an entity or organization that performs abortions, or contracts with an entity or organization that performs abortions.
The prohibition would apply to state funds, federal funds, and any other funds, that may be used for purposes of contracting for services, providing reimbursements, or grant issuance.
STATUS
Signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) on June 2, 2016.
***The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of several abortion providers challenging seven abortion restrictions (HB 1081; HB 1019; HB 815; SB 33; HB 386; HB 488; and HB 606). The state has agreed to delay enforcement.***
People
Co-sponsor
- Christopher Leopold
- Steve Carter
- Beryl Amedee
- Jerome Richard
- Mark Abraham
- Rick Edmonds
- Larry Bagley
- Dodie Horton
- Jean-Paul Coussan
- Phillip DeVillier
- Julie Emerson
- Reid Falconer
- Stephanie Hilferty
- Stephen Dwight
- Jack McFarland
- Nancy Landry
- Blake Miguez
- Jerome Zeringue
- Mike Johnson
- Michael A. Walsworth
- Barry Ivey
- Kenny R. Cox
- Katrina R. Jackson
- James K. Armes
- Taylor F. Barras
- John A. Berthelot
- Stuart J. Bishop
- Thomas G. Carmody Jr.
- Charles R. Chaney
- Raymond E. Garofalo
- Jerry Gisclair
- Lance Harris
- Bob Hensgens
- Dorothy Sue Hill
- Valarie Hodges
- Paul Hollis
- Frank A. Howard
- Mike Huval
- H. Bernard LeBas
- Sherman Q. Mack
- John C. Morris, III
- James "Jim" Morris
- J. Kevin Pearson
- J. Rogers Pope
- Stephen E. Pugh
- Steven E. Pylant
- Eugene Reynolds
- Clay Schexnayder
- John M. Schroder, Sr.
- Scott M. Simon
- Major Thibaut
- Thomas P. Willmott
Primary Sponsor
Legal Cases
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