Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 51, Chapter 38, § 51:2231 et seq. prohibits age discrimination and breastfeeding discrimination in public accommodations, and authorizes administrative enforcement to the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights. Additionally, this section authorizes parishes and municipalities to create their own local human rights commissions.
Louisiana Revised Statutes § 23:342 prohibits discrimination against pregnant persons. Employers can not refuse to promote a pregnant person because of their pregnancy status, can not deny benefits on the basis of pregnancy, and in the case of organizations with reduced work for disabled persons, employers can not refuse to transfer a pregnant person to those reduced work positions.
Louisiana Revised Statutes § 14:87.7 effectively banned abortion in the state of Louisiana when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) in the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022).
Section 14:87.9 of Louisiana Revised Statutes declares it a crime to provide abortion-inducing drugs to pregnant persons. Additionally, it provides more severe penalties if the pregnant person is killed or seriously harmed as a result of the provided abortion-inducing medications. However, this statute states that a pregnant person themself can not be held criminally liable for inducing their own abortion under the text of the statute. This exception does not protect them from prosecution under other criminal statutes, nor does it protect third parties.
In 2020 an amendment to the state constitution was proposed and approved that expressly removed any abortion protections from the state constitution. The language used is: "To protect human life, nothing in this constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion." Post Dobbs v.
Article I § 3 of the Louisiana State Constitution provides a more expansive equal protection framework than the federal equal protection framework. This section expressly forbids the state from denying equal protection of the laws to its citizens. It guarantees freedom from discrimination based on race, religious ideas, beliefs, and affiliations.
Section 14 of the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda prohibits discrimination by the government and public officials in relation to race, place of origin, political opinions or affiliations, color, creed, or sex. This provision guarantees equal protection by ensuring that all persons enjoy the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.
In West Virginia v. B.P.J., 609 U.S. __ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of laws determining eligibility for gender-segregated sports based on biological sex assigned at birth. The decision in B.P.J. was combined with the case Little v.
The Offences Against the Person Act criminalizes a wide range of violent acts against individuals, and provides sentencing guidelines for such conduct.
