Respect the Survivor’s Autonomy and Dignity

When a young person — a child — experiences the horror of sexual violence, their world is shattered. They lose a sense of safety, of trust, and of control over their own life.

To then force that child to carry a pregnancy that resulted from that violence is not just cruel — it is unthinkable. It compounds the trauma. It tells them that after their body was taken from them once, it will be taken from them again.

By forcing survivors who want abortions to give birth, you are forcing them to forever be connected and controlled by their rapists. You are forcing them to experience another trauma.

Compassion demands that society respond with care, not coercion, by offering options — including  abortion.

HB 215 by Representative Delisha Boyd would ensure that young survivors of rape and incest can access abortion care and reclaim control over their life, body, and future..

The overwhelming majority of Louisiana voters (70%) support this exception.

Send a letter to the Committee Members to urge their support for HB 215

Protect Young Peoples’ Access to Healthcare

HB 400 by Representatives Chenevert and Horton would require parental consent before a minor (under 18) could receive most non-emergency medical care.

Currently, minors can sometimes consent on their own to certain types of care, like mental health services, sexual health services, or substance abuse treatment. This bill would restrict that.

Although encouraging parental involvement in minors’ health care can have positive impacts, strictly mandating parental involvement deters and delays many young people from seeking the healthcare services they need, including critical reproductive care, like contraception, STI treatment, or gender affirming care.

While parental consent laws claim to be rooted in protecting minors, the real impact is creating impossible hoops for young people to jump through. Those with parents who are absent or unavailable, as well as those with parents who refuse to provide consent due to shame, stigma, miseducation, religious beliefs, or cultural differences will be entirely unable to access the confidential care they need.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Academy of Family Physicians strongly recommend the protection of adolescent confidentiality. However, this bill would require that providers do the opposite, to the detriment of young people across the state.

It is vitally important that young people have access to confidential services and are able to trust their health care providers so they can make informed decisions about their bodies and their lives.

Send a letter to your Representative to urge their opposition to HB 400

Say No to Misinformation in Our Schools

House Bill 478 requires public high schools and colleges in Louisiana to display and distribute information from unlicensed, anti-abortion pregnancy centers, known for spreading misinformation about reproductive health.

Public schools and colleges should provide fact-based, medically accurate education—not promote particular viewpoints or political agendas about pregnancy or adoption.

Send a letter to your Representative to urge their opposition to House Bill 478

Stop the Sue-Everyone Abortion Ban!

HB 575 would dramatically expand the ability to sue individuals for involvement in pregnancy and abortion care. This bill—by broadening the definition of who may sue and who may be sued—poses serious threats to reproductive freedom, personal privacy, and basic fairness under the law.

This proposal would allow a wide range of individuals—including biological fathers, grandparents, and even legal custodians—to bring lawsuits against anyone who assists a pregnant person in seeking abortion care, regardless of whether that person consented to the procedure. In addition, it would expand liability to include manufacturers, pharmacists, and anyone involved in the production or distribution of abortion-inducing medications.

Key Points:

It weaponizes the legal system against pregnant individuals and those who support them, including healthcare providers, family members, and even friends.

It invites frivolous and punitive lawsuits that could chill access to legal healthcare and push vulnerable people into dangerous situations.

It undermines personal autonomy and medical privacy by allowing unrelated third parties to interfere in profoundly personal decisions.

It targets providers and pharmacies with unclear legal boundaries, threatening the delivery of lawful medications and undermining public trust in healthcare systems.

Vaccine-preventable diseases are making a comeback.

You can help put a stop to them by telling lawmakers to support evidence-based vaccine policy.

Tell our lawmakers to protect public health

Calls to action for each of the bills are posted at lafamiliesforvaccines.org/action

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