Louisiana Republicans advance bill to make abortion a crime of murder

Since supreme court draft ruling was published, Democrats have warned of a likely torrent of challenges to established rights

Republicans in Louisiana have advanced a bill to make abortion a crime of murder, as a draft decision that would end abortion rights continues to spark nationwide protests and police in Washington raised non-scalable" fences around the supreme court.

Supporters admitted the bill, under which a woman terminating a pregnancy or anyone assisting her could be charged, was unconstitutional - as long as Roe v Wade was law.