Nicholas Muscarello

{{Short description|Louisiana politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Nicholas Muscarello |state_house=Louisiana |district=86th |term_start=April 3, 2018 |birth_name=Nicholas Muscarello Jr. |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |education=[[Southeastern Louisiana University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Southern University Law Center]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |profession=Politician, attorney }} '''Nicholas Muscarello Jr.''' ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]) is a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] for District 86. He first entered office in 2018.

Muscarello voted for and supports an extreme draft Louisiana state bill that would make [[in vitro fertilization]] (IVF) treatments and some forms of [[birth control]] a crime, and prosecute women who get abortions for murder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Ryan |date=2022-05-05 |title=Louisiana Moves to Charge Women Who Get Abortions With Murder |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/louisiana-bill-abortion-homicide-1347890/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Bill to make abortion a homicide advances in Louisiana |url=https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/bill-to-make-abortion-a-homicide-advances-in-louisiana/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=WRIC ABC 8News |language=en-US}}</ref> The draft bill intentionally has no exceptions for rape, incest, or the protection of the life of the mother<ref>{{Cite web |first=Kevin|last=McGill|agency=The Associated Press|date=2022-05-04 |title=Lawyer: Louisiana abortion bill could subject women to homicide charge |url=https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/lawyer-louisiana-abortion-bill-could-subject-women-to-homicide-charge-house-committee-vote-new-olreans-rep-danny-mccormick-anti-abortion-attorney-bradley-pierc |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=WPMI |language=en}}</ref> and would likely also criminalize [[miscarriage]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LaRose |first=Greg |date=2022-05-05 |title=Abortion would be punishable as murder under new Louisiana proposal |url=https://lailluminator.com/2022/05/04/abortion-would-be-punishable-as-murder-under-new-louisiana-proposal/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Louisiana Illuminator |language=en-US}}</ref>

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