The Louisiana House voted to drastically rewrite a bill that would have made it possible to charge women who get an abortion with murder.
The bill, as amended, includes jail time and fines for abortion providers if theHowever, the amended version differs from the original in that it exempts women who get abortions from criminal charges.
"This is a thorny political question, but we all know that it is actually very simple. Abortion is murder," said the bill's author, Representative Danny McCormick, according to the Associated Press.
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