Abortion providers in Louisiana argued that the state’s trigger laws violate the state’s constitution and “are void for vagueness” because it is unclear if they would take immediate effect after the Supreme Court’s ruling, and they do not provide enough specifics about banned actions — such as what exceptions exist for medical workers trying to save a pregnant woman’s life.
Joanna Wright, one of the lead lawyers on the case, said that abortion clinics have been unable to provide services since the Supreme Court ruling because they cannot risk criminal prosecution, which could include mandatory jail time.
“That puts care providers in this impossible position of having to turn away women who possibly need abortion care to save their life in order to avoid going to jail,” she said in an interview on Monday.
A trigger law in Louisiana has been on the books since 2006, banning anyone from performing an abortion or providing a woman with drugs to interrupt a pregnancy. The law would allow exceptions to prevent serious injury or death to a pregnant woman, but not for rape or incest. Another law was signed by the governor this month in anticipation of the Supreme Court decision.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/us/louisiana-trigger-law-blocked.html
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