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Murrill seeks to prevent shield laws
Group asks Congress to intervene in abortion pill clash BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT and ALYSE PFEIL Staff writers
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her Republican counterparts are asking Congress to prevent other states from passing laws that protect doctors who send abortion-inducing drugs to states that have banned them. Louisiana and some other states have criminalized the use of
mifepristone and misoprostol for abortion. The drugs are now considered controlled dangerous substances in those states and can be prescribed only for narrow medical conditions like postpartum hemorrhages or miscarriages. Earlier this year, Louisiana officials charged a New York doctor with sending a Louisiana woman medication for an abortion. But New York Gov. Kathy Hochul refused a request to extradite
the doctor, citing States’ ability to enforce crimia state “shield nal laws within their borders and law” that protects disrupt our constitutional strucabortion providture.” “Every time someone mails ers. abortion pills to Louisiana, it’s a Murrill and 14 State and federal crime,” Murrill other red-state said in a statement. “If the FDA attorneys general Murrill won’t act, Congress must.” sent a letter to As more states consider encongressional leaders Tuesday urging them to bar such shield acting shield laws or expanding laws, which they argue are “bla- existing ones, whether one state tant attempts to interfere with can shield providers from liabil-
ity for breaking another state’s laws around abortion is still an unsettled area of law. “That is inherently a challenge with shield laws and telehealth,” said Carmel Shachar, faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School. “At a certain point, for the purposes of abortion bans, the courts will need to decide: Do we treat a telehealth abortion as happening within the state of the provider or within the state of the patient?”
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New La. laws take effect Friday
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Changes include kratom, window tint, frogging and more
BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer
Louisiana drivers, kratom users, voters and frog hunters should all be on alert as a slew of new state laws are set to take effect Friday. The Louisiana Legislature during its regular session this spring passed 516 bills that avoided a veto by Gov. Jeff Landry, many of which take effect Friday. Here are 20 new state laws that will apply to those visiting or living in Louisiana. STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER
Daniel McDonald, an art installer at Callan Contemporary, adds a fresh coat of white paint onto the wall behind pieces he helped install for the ‘Resonance’ show, which features delicate, transparent sculptures by Korean artist Key-Sook Geum. McDonald was getting the Julia Street gallery ready for White Linen Night on Saturday.
2 deputies fired, 5 suspended after inmate’s release Hutson blames human error, lack of protocols
protocol adherence,” Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said Thursday. More than 14 hours passed BY MISSY WILKINSON between Khalil Hutson Staff writer Bryan’s mistaken Two deputies have been fired release at 1:17 a.m. on July 25 and five are suspended after an and the notification of the public, inmate was mistakenly released OPSO confirmed. “This incident reflects a failure from jail last week due to “human error compounded by inadequate in execution, and we are taking
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full accountability,” Hutson said. “The people of New Orleans deserve a jail that operates with precision and professionalism.” According to a timeline released by Hutson Thursday afternoon, the error wasn’t discovered until late that morning. OPSO notified law enforcement and court officials at 12:45 p.m. and the public at 3:45 p.m. — a delay Hutson called a “calculated and professional response.” During the May 16 mass escape
of 10 inmates, the public was notified about two hours after it was discovered, and about 10 hours after the escape occurred. All except Derrick Groves, a convicted killer, have been recaptured. Officials said they weighed Bryan’s “primarily nonviolent charges” and the fact that his release was a human error — not a jailbreak — when deciding whether to go public.
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Driving in the left lane Drivers who dillydally in the left lane by traveling under the posted speed limit could now face tougher fines with the passage of Act 24, sponsored by state Sen. Jay Luneau, D-Alexandria, who has said the legislation is meant to avert road rage incidents, ease passage for commercial drivers and aid officers in enforcing the rules. Those in violation of the law could now be fined $150 for the first offense and then $250 and $350 for subsequent offenses. The penalty had been a maximum of $100 or 30 days in jail.
Handheld phones while driving Having your phone in your hand while driving is also illegal now under Act 288. The new law targeting distracted driving makes it illegal to hold onto your phone and do things like texting, taking a call, scrolling through social media or generally using any cellphone app. It’s OK to pick up a phone while stopped at
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