Louisiana is moving forward with legislation that would classify the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled dangerous substances, threatening to criminalize those who possess the medication without a prescription.
Lawmakers in the state added the measure as a last-minute amendment to another Senate bill, which criminalizes “coerced criminal abortion,” in which someone gives a pregnant woman abortion pills without her consent. A pregnant woman who gets the two drugs “for her own consumption” would not face criminal charges.
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