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The bill would criminalize efforts to pressure someone into having an abortion, whether or not the abortion was carried out.

The cuts target mental health and substance use programs, including crisis services, according to Louisiana health officials.

Louisiana’s top public health physician is described in multiple state communications as a family medicine physician, but he is not listed as board-certified in the specialty.

The Louisiana State Medical Society and eight other medical organizations are calling for an end to the politicization of vaccines in the wake of a new Louisiana Department of Health policy banning vaccine promotion and events.

A Louisiana mother and a New York doctor have been indicted for allegedly providing abortion medication to a minor, in what’s believed to be the first case of its kind in the country seeking to criminalize the provision of abortion medication obtained through the mail.

The New Orleans Health Department has launched a new map showing which pharmacies in the city stock the drug misoprostol.

A nonprofit watchdog is asking Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill to investigate whether a New Iberia crisis pregnancy center broke state law after it appeared to post the full names, last menstrual periods, and other personal health information of 13 clients online, despite claiming that it follows federal health privacy laws.

The 2024 election was perhaps the biggest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the results are a mixed bag, including for those living in the South.

A new survey suggests the number of abortions among women in Louisiana may have risen since the state banned nearly all abortions.

In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This year, they're taking a dramatically different approach.

Louisiana hospitals have locked up a key drug used to stop women from bleeding out after giving birth as a new state law takes effect Tuesday.

Louisiana’s largest health system has sent guidance to some staff on the state’s new anti-abortion law that reclassifies two common pregnancy medications as controlled dangerous substances.

Louisiana’s top expert on maternal health has come out against a new law that will reclassify common pregnancy medications as dangerous controlled substances.

New Orleans City Council members plan to investigate the impacts of a new Louisiana law that will restrict common pregnancy medications that can also induce abortions.

A Louisiana woman who spoke at the Democratic National Convention about being denied miscarriage care in the wake of Louisiana’s abortion ban is criticizing Attorney General Liz Murrill and anti-abortion leaders for their reactions to her speech.

Louisiana native Kaitlyn Joshua will speak at the Democratic National Convention Monday to share her story of being denied health care after a miscarriage in the wake of the state's near-total abortion ban.

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill to add mifepristone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances in the state.

Louisiana’s abortion ban has dramatically changed pregnancy care in the state, with dangerous consequences. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind report from abortion rights groups.

Two Baton Rouge advocates for abortion rights will attend the State of the Union Address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

Louisiana ranks as one of the worst states in the nation for maternal and infant health, especially for Black and Native American women, according to the latest report from the March of Dimes. Experts said the state’s abortion ban, which went into effect immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned…