In an emotional session that brought lawmakers and advocates to tears, Louisiana’s House committee once again rejected a bill that would’ve allowed minors under 17 who were raped to access […] The ...

This week, we cover the striking down of abortion protections for workers and LGBTQ harassment guidance, as well as the beginning of a brief ...

As experts in health, law, and privacy, we wrote this essay to draw attention to prescription drug monitoring programs and ...

Forced pregnancy in young girls is not only a health risk—it is a multi-dimensional human rights issue. With the Louisiana ...

The bill, which failed to advance past the House Criminal Justice Committee, would have allowed exceptions for victims of ...

It was the third year in a row the bill, brought by New Orleans Democrat Rep. Delisha Boyd, did not make it out of committee, ...

Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow ...

Kathy Hochul has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite Dr. Maggie Carpenter, who was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the state last month. "I will not be ...

A New York doctor has been indicted in Louisiana on felony charges for allegedly providing an abortion across state lines via mail. On January 31, a West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury unanimously ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The Louisiana case itself is part of a ...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state ...

A Louisiana grand jury indicted a New York doctor on Friday for allegedly prescribing abortion medication using telehealth services to a resident of the Southern state, which has one of the ...