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Stephanie Grace: Liz Murrill has plenty to say about abortion pills — except to the women who seek them out

Stephanie Grace: Liz Murrill has plenty to say about abortion pills — except to the women who seek them out10+ hour, 53+ min ago   (534+ words) Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks during the Fiscal Review Committee meeting at the State Capitol on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. If you think a medical practice is unsafe, there's a pretty obvious solution: Don't force it into the shadows. Yet that's…...

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Editorial: Pregnancy centers support women and help them see options

Editorial: Pregnancy centers support women and help them see options2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (229+ words) I write today as someone whose life was transformed by the care and compassion of a pregnancy center and with profound gratitude for how things have unfolded since. Twenty years ago, I was a college student and found myself pregnant....

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Letters; Don't paint Planned Parenthood as all abou women's health

Letters; Don't paint Planned Parenthood as all abou women's health3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (424+ words) I'd like to respond to letter writer Rosalind Hinton regarding her comments about he closure of Planned Parenthood clinics in Louisiana. She states that Planned Parenthood did not perform abortions in our state. That is true, but only due to…...

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Letters: Planned Parenthood should never have gotten tax dollars

Letters: Planned Parenthood should never have gotten tax dollars4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (166+ words) The decision of Planned Parenthood to close is something that is to be applauded, but not because of the services that will go away, but because of the cutting of our tax dollars that went to them. Health care assistant…...

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Letters: With closure of Planned Parenthood, let's focus on reasons for chastity

Letters: With closure of Planned Parenthood, let's focus on reasons for chastity4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (243+ words) Planned Parenthood of Baton Rouge is seen, Tuesday, August 5, 2025, on Government Street. The announced closures of Planned Parenthood in Baton Rouge and New Orleans should give pause for reflection. Some may ask, "Since the sexual revolution has been underway for…...

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Gov. Landry and GOP politicians hail ‘major win’ as Planned Parenthood shutters Louisiana clinics

Gov. Landry and GOP politicians hail ‘major win’ as Planned Parenthood shutters Louisiana clinics5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (608+ words) Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry speaks alongside Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill during a press conference on August 5, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. Gov. Jeff Landry and other state officials praised the upcoming closure of the state's two Planned Parenthood clinics Tuesday,…...

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Stephanie Grace: Let the abortion show trials begin

Stephanie Grace: Let the abortion show trials begin11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (640+ words) Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaking with reporters Not long after the U.S. Supreme Court stripped away the half-century-old right to abortion and Louisiana swiftly followed up by passing extreme laws to nearly ban the procedure, I asked a New Orleans…...