Gov. John Bel Edwards signed sweeping legislation Tuesday that would criminalize abortion in Louisiana and ban the procedure in nearly all circumstances from the moment of implantation if Roe v. Wade is overturned. 

The bill added medically futile and ectopic pregnancies to the list of circumstances in which an abortion would be allowed, but the bill’s sponsors fought off multiple attempts to include rape and incest exceptions

“My position on abortion has been unwavering,” Edwards said in a statement. “I am pro-life and have never hidden from that fact. This does not belie my belief that there should be an exception to the prohibition on abortion for victims of rape and incest.”

Even before Edwards’ action, Louisiana’s trigger law was one of the harshest abortion restrictions in the country, banning the procedure before a person could know they were pregnant and not allowing for exceptions in cases of rape and incest. The law would take effect immediately upon the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade in part or in its entirety — an action that is expected to come before the end of the month.

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