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In Defense Of Louisiana’s Magic
Maybe it was when, in the fifth grade, I visited the Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville. Or maybe it was before that, when my parents took us to Natchitoches, and we stood on a balcony overlooking Cane River and watched the moment a switch was flipped and the entire town became awash in elaborate Christmas lights. Or perhaps it happened during the weekends I spent as a kid on the grounds of an old plantation outside of Cheneyville. Or sometime during the trips my mother and I would make down to the Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, how the whole…
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I Am Being An Alarmist About Bill’s Potential To Create A Database Of Women Who Take The Morning-After Pill. Here’s Why.
As a result of HB 388, the so-called “Unsafe Abortion Protection Act,” three of the state’s five abortion clinics would be forced to close, according to Amy Irvin, the founding board member of the New Orleans Abortion Fund. The bill, which was introduced by State Representative Katrina Jackson, a Democrat and the head of the Legislative Black Caucus, closely mimics the recently-passed law in Texas, a law that gained national attention due to State Senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster. Clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans would likely be forced to close; the only clinics that could remain open are located…
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Louisiana State Representative Proposes State Database Of Women Who Take The Morning-After Pill
Upperdate: My follow-up piece. Update: Throughout the day, I’ve read comments suggesting that I am conflating Plan B, “the morning after pill,” with RU-486 or mifepristone, the abortifacient. Plan B, which is typically taken between 24-72 hours after sexual intercourse, is actually just birth control on steroids, and, as such, it’s generally considered to be contraceptive medicine. Plan B prevents implantation, which means, by definition, it cannot result in an abortion. The thing is, I actually do know what I’m talking about here, and while I’m appreciative that others have picked up on this story, it sure would have been nice to…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
