Rep Landry interviewed on WWL.
Read More"It actually narrows what is permitted," said Rep. Mandie Landry, a Democrat from New Orleans who spoke out against the bill.
Read More“It says that pregnancy begins at fertilization and implantation, and as anyone with a uterus knows, fertilization happens in the fallopian tube and then implantation happens in the uterus,” said Rep. Landry.
Read More“I’m not surprised that the governor signed this bill. He’s made his anti-choice and anti-woman views clear when he was elected,” said Landry.
Read More“SB342 narrows the permissible exceptions to the state's abortion prohibition; saying that it expands these exceptions is untrue. For example, under SB342, two physicians are required to declare that a pregnancy is medically futile.” She also noted that “SB342 dramatically increases criminal penalties for doctors who perform abortions, which will result in doctors being even more cautious to perform a life-saving abortion. More women will die because of this law.”
Read More“But there’s a chance they won’t pass anything, because I’m not sure if many of my colleagues from across the aisle are going to even vote for a map that has two majority-minority districts in it,” said Landry.
Read More“They’re scaring doctors and the legal personhood angle as we’ve talked about probably triggers some criminal statutes, homicide statutes and we feel he’s the only person who can affect this now,” said Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans.
Read More“It’s shameful. It’s embarrassing. And the fact that some of my colleagues would say that an 11-year-old rape victim should be forced to have that child is a bridge way too far for many of us,” said Landry.
Read More“It doesn’t mean you can be high at work at all,” Landry said. “The language in the bill is very clear, just like you can’t be drunk at work.”
Read MoreThe upper chamber voted 26-8 to approve House Bill 988, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, to protect state employees who legally use medical marijuana on the advice of their doctor.
Read MoreLandry took to the floor to oppose the bill, speaking on her Catholic faith.
Read MoreJennifer Klein, White House Gender Policy Council Director and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, White House Intergovernmental Affairs Director, hosted a meeting with state legislative leaders in Kansas, Louisiana, and North Carolina on efforts to defend reproductive health and rights.
Read MoreHouse Bill 160, authored by State Representative Mandie Landry, will expand protections for 1.4 million Louisiana renters, according to the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center.
Read MoreRep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans), a staunch abortion rights supporter, opposed the bill on the House floor, saying the 49 years worth of abortion restrictions have not helped the women of the state of Louisiana, which ranks near the bottom for maternal mortality, maternal health and infant health.
Read MoreRep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, proposed an amendment that would make it explicit that the criminal penalties could not be applied to women who end their own pregnancies. Landry’s amendment was shot down.
Read More“You’re going to have a lot of women who are going to try to self-manage an abortion and the results are going to be very deadly.” Landry said. “We know the coat hanger stories from before Roe are real. It’s going to happen again.”
Read MoreHouse Bill 988, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, protects state employees from negative consequences if they are diagnosed with conditions for which a doctor recommends medical marijuana used in accordance with state law.
Read MoreHouse Bill 988, authored by Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans), passed the House on a 60-32 vote on Tuesday and was also approved by the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee this week.
Read More"I had a bill on the floor," Landry said. "I was having a normal day and I went up there and I told them what happened. And as soon as I started to say '14 children,' the sort of magnitude of it really hit me, that I broke down, um, at the podium."
Read MoreHouse Bill 988, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, protects state employees from negative consequences if they are diagnosed with a condition for which their doctor recommends medical marijuana used in accordance with state law.
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