Louisiana governor signs bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

The governor of Louisiana signed a bill on Friday that adds two medications commonly used to induce abortions to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances. The measure makes Louisiana the only state to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol in this way, adding them to Schedule IV of the state’s Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law. The Senate passed the bill Thursday by a vote of 29-7 and Louisiana Gov.

Mason Herring pleaded guilty to charges of injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person in February and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. “We’re trying to restrict these drugs so that we can protect women and stop bad actors from accessing them,” he said. “Louisiana has been very clear, we do not prosecute women when they are seeking an abortion,” he said. “But we’re also very clear that abortion is not legal in Louisiana.

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