The Washington Post reports:
The Louisiana House on Tuesday passed a bill that classifies the two drugs used to induce an abortion as “controlled dangerous substances.” Abortion opponents hope the measure, now on its way to Gov. Jeff Landry, will be a template for conservative states trying to end the procedure.
If S.B. 276 is signed into law as expected by Landry (R), Louisiana would become the first state in the country to include mifepristone and misoprostol in the same category as opioids, depressants and other drugs that can be highly addictive.
Rep. Thomas Pressly’s bill was intended to create a crime of “coerced criminal abortion,” but after S.B. 276 passed unanimously in the Senate last month, he attached the amendment to include mifepristone and misoprostol.
Read the full article. Pressly is a graduate of Texas Christian University and he took office in January 2024.
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