Louisiana Republicans Remove Abortion Exceptions After Controversial Hearing.

Louisiana's House criminal justice committee voted against adding rape and incest exceptions to the state's abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country. Republicans on the committee voted against adding the exception, and one Republican representative, Tony Bacala, said he was voting against it because its author, Rep. Boyd, is the product of rape, and she turned out to be a good person. Most rape survivors who testified supported Boyd's bill.