• In Louisiana, this amendment will make legal challenges to future abortion restrictions even more difficult.
• This amendment will strengthen Louisiana's existing trigger law and could lead to efforts that block, criminalize, or ultimately ban abortion.
• These measures will disproportionately impact communities of color and people with low incomes, those who already face multiple barriers just to access basic health care. Eventually, we may see worsening maternal and child health outcomes — especially for people of color and low-income people.
• If Roe v. Wade is ever overturned, people in Louisiana could be forced to carry unintended pregnancies or take on various burdens to travel out of state for essential abortion care.