Laurie Garrand Schlegel is an American politician who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 82nd district. She assumed office on May 10, 2021.
Education Schlegel attended St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Louisiana State University and a Master of Arts in marriage and family counseling from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Career Schlegel began her career as a sales manager for Marriott International. From 2001 to 2011, she was a pharmaceutical sales representative for AstraZeneca. In 2014 and 2015, she was a counselor for Catholic Counseling Services. Since 2015, she has worked for Lighthouse Counseling Center. She is a certified sex addiction counselor.The Online Porn Free-for-All Is Coming to an End Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, January 22, 2025. She was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in a May 2021 special election, succeeding Charles Henry.-
Political positions
Schlegel has supported legislation that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls' sports teams in schools.
In 2022, she sponsored a bill requiring online pornographic content providers to verify that end-users in Louisiana are 18 or older. After the bill was passed,Porn website age checks introduced in Louisiana BBC, 4 January 2023 it was mostly ignored in the press but has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other statesStates’ Push to Protect Kids Online Could Remake the Internet The New York Times, 30 April 2023 and has been described as a significant step towards the Supreme Court reconsidering previous decisions in this field.
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