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Louisiana Bill Regarding Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Use of Public Funds for Abortion (HB 590)
This law was last updated on May 28, 2014
Number
HB 590
Status
Failed to Pass
Proposed
Feb 27, 2014
Sponsors
Co-sponsors: 22
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 23
Full Bill Text
HB 590 proposed a constitutional amendment that would have prohibited the use public money to provide in any way for abortion or to fund any organization that provides elective abortion, except when an abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother or when such use of monies is required as a condition of federal financial participation in a public medical assistance program.
People
Co-sponsor
- Julie Stokes
- Hunter V. Greene
- John A. Berthelot
- Stuart J. Bishop
- Richard T. Burford
- Henry L. Burns
- Timothy G. Burns
- Simone B. Champagne
- Gregory Cromer
- Brett F. Geymann
- Valarie Hodges
- Frank A. Hoffmann
- Paul Hollis
- Frank A. Howard
- Mike Huval
- Sherman Q. Mack
- J. Rogers Pope
- Clay Schexnayder
- John M. Schroder, Sr.
- Alan Seabaugh
- Scott M. Simon
- Lenar L. Whitney
Primary Sponsor
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