The Louisiana legislature is close to passing a bill like the atrocity in South Dakota.
Blanco will sign.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Thursday that she'll sign a near-total ban on abortion - without exceptions for rape or incest victims - that is nearing final legislative passage.
The Louisiana House and Senate have approved the measure by Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, but it awaits one final approval from the Senate of House changes before it reaches Blanco's desk. It only would allow abortion in cases where the woman's life is in danger or when childbirth would permanently harm her health.
The article said the bill would go into effect only if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
"I anticipate signing that bill. It's got a safety measure for extreme situations for the life of the mother and some other health issues," Blanco said in an interview with The Associated Press.
She said she believed an exception for rape and incest victims to get an abortion, a proposal rejected by both the House and Senate, would have "been reasonable," but she said she wouldn't reject the bill for that reason.
"The Legislature has spoken," Blanco said.
Under the measure, doctors found guilty of performing abortions would face up to 10 years in prison and fines of $100,000.
The world is insane. Roe v. Wade shall stand, however, and women in Louisiana and their doctors will remain unmolested by this travesty. Unless we truly enter the looking glass.