Louisiana AG Lambasts Liberals Who ‘Have [The] Facts Wrong’

During the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, three women spoke about the difficulties for those looking to obtain reproductive health care in states like Louisiana which have implemented bans on abortion access. One of the women who spoke at the convention was Kaitlyn Joshua from Baton Rogue, a woman who was turned away from the ER when she miscarried at 11 weeks into pregnancy. It is claimed that doctors turned Kaitlyn away from treatment due to their fears of being prosecuted under Louisiana's at the time recently implemented abortion ban.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill took issue with the way in which Louisiana was targeted on the stage at the DNC, taking to X to post a response. "Once again, the Democrats have their facts wrong," said Attorney General Murrill on X.

In her post on X Murrill claims that Louisiana's law does not bar someone from receiving medical care for an emergency during pregnancy or in the event of a miscarriage. The law that bans abortion in the state of Louisiana, RS 40:1061, states in section C that it is a chargeable offense to "knowingly administer, prescribe for, or procure for, or to sell to any pregnant woman" any form of abortion-inducing drug or for anyone to "knowingly use or employ any instrument or procedure" to perform an abortion.

Section F of the law though allows for a licensed physician to perform an abortion in the case that the pregnancy threatens the life or could cause the mother serious permanent harm.

The reason many doctors fear the possible repercussions of performing even a medically necessary abortion stems from the last sentence of RS 40:1061 Section F which reads,

"However, the physician shall make reasonable medical efforts under the circumstances to preserve both the life of the mother and the life of her unborn child in a manner consistent with reasonable medical practice."