Louisiana Joins States Banning Abortions at 20 Weeks After Fertilization

nola.com: Gov. Bobby Jindal signs 20-week abortion ban into law, by the Times-Picayune:

BATON ROUGE -- Doctors will be barred from performing abortions 20 weeks after conception under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Senate Bill 766 by Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, prohibits all abortions after 20 weeks, about 22 weeks on the typical 40-week gestational calendar. The previous state law prohibited the procedure after the fetus was viable. . . .