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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 261 exempts pregnancies resulting from specified sex offenses from the legal definition of abortion
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Sponsor: Delisha Boyd
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 261 excludes the termination of a pregnancy resulting from rape, , and other specified sex offenses from the legal definition of when performed by a physician. The measure clarifies that patients are not required to provide a police report, forensic evidence, or pursue prosecution to access this medical procedure.
The bill alters the legal boundaries governing reproductive healthcare procedures in cases of sexual assault, establishing that specific medical terminations do not carry the legal status or restrictions of an . It directly affects physicians performing pregnancy terminations and pregnant individuals who are victims of specified offenses by removing requirements for law enforcement documentation.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Physicians
Physicians performing pregnancy terminations are affected by the updated statutory definition determining whether specific procedures are classified as abortions.
Pregnant females
Pregnant individuals seeking termination of a pregnancy resulting from specified sex offenses are subject to new legal criteria that do not require police reports, forensic evidence, or prosecution.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does a patient need to file a police report to obtain an exemption under this bill?
Who is authorized to perform the pregnancy termination under these exceptions?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 23, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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