Jennifer R. Povey
1 min readMay 9, 2022

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Even Louisiana Right to Life opposes this. It's too far even for most "pro life" people. It's also very, very unconstitutional. It claims that it can overrule all "federal statutes, regulations, treaties, orders, and court rulings." Which nope, it can't. It claims that any federal statute that overrules them somehow violates the United States Constitution.

It defines pregnancy as starting at fertilization, which it does not. Pregnancy starts at successful implantation, but these people have never been big on science.

It's also the vaguest piece of legislative crap I've ever read.

And yeah, it also includes Plan B, it includes iVF, it could arguably be used to criminalize birth control. Or to criminalize anyone who could remotely become pregnant doing ANYTHING which could harm the child...such as drinking alcohol, eating "unhealthy" food, or taking prescription medication no matter how essential unless it has been tested on pregnant people.

I actually don't think it will pass because, again, some really staunch anti-abortion advocates feel it goes too far.

And I am not a constitutional lawyer, but I am pretty dang sure no law can rule supreme court decisions unconstitutional.

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Jennifer R. Povey
Jennifer R. Povey

Written by Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.

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