LGov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) signed legislation into law banning two medications usually used for abortion: mifepristone and misoprostol.
Louisiana, which placed the drugs on Schedule IV of its Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, becomes the first state to classify drugs this way, and possession of the medication without a prescription or order from a medical professional can result in up to five years in prison.
“Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalizing the use of an abortion drug on an unsuspecting mother is nothing short of common sense,” Landry tweeted. “This bill protects women across Louisiana and I was proud to sign this bill into law today.”
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