Louisiana House Committee Approves Abortion Ban After Minor Changes
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
May 18, 2006

Baton Rouge, LA (LifeNews.com) -- A Louisiana state House committee on Wednesday approved a state ban on virtually all abortions after making minor changes to the life of the mother exception. The House Criminal Justice Committee signed off on the bill and sent it to the full House for a debate and vote.

During the committee debate, Rep. Charlie DeWitt, a Democrat, had wanted to include a wide-ranging health exception in the bill but Sen. Ben Nevers, the Democrat who is the main sponsor of the abortion ban objected.

Nevers said a general health exception would undermine the intent of the bill but allowing virtually all abortions.

“What that would amount to is abortion on demand,” Nevers said, according to a Baton Rouge Advocate news report. the rest