NEW ORLEANS – First-of-its-kind legislation classifying two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled, dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.
The Republican governor announced the bill’s signing in Baton Rouge a day after it won final legislative approval in the state Senate.
Opponents of the measure included many doctors who said the drugs have other critical uses in reproductive health care and that changing the classification could make it more difficult to prescribe the drugs.
Supporters of the bill, which affects the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, said it would protect pregnant women from forced abortions, although they cited just one example of this, in the state of Texas.
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