Louisiana governor signs bill classifying abortion pills as controlled substances into law – By Meredith Deliso and Oren Oppenheim (ABC News) / May 24, 2024
The law puts the abortion pill regimen in the same category as opioids.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Friday he has signed a first-of-its-kind bill making abortion pills controlled substances into law.
The law puts the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications.
“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 said in a statement posted on X. “This bill protects women across Louisiana and I was proud to sign this bill into law today.”
The law makes it illegal for people to possess the drugs without a prescription in Louisiana, which has a near-total ban on abortion. The bill does say the drugs can be used for non-abortion reasons and women will not be punished.
