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Louisiana abortion bill recategorizes two pills

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Louisiana could become the first state in the country to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol -- the drugs used to induce an abortion -- as controlled dangerous substances, threatening incarceration and fines if an individual possesses the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professi…

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Louisiana Senate moves to classify some abortion pills as ‘controlled dangerous substances’ (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Louisiana is moving forward with legislation that would classify abortion pills such as mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled dangerous substances.

  2. Fox News

    Louisiana Republicans push to add abortion pills to list of 'controlled dangerous substances' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Louisiana Republicans are pushing to add abortion pills to a list of controlled substances, creating penalties for some people who may obtain the pills.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Louisiana abortion bill recategorizes two pills (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Louisiana could become the first state in the country to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol -- the drugs used to induce an abortion -- as controlled dangerous substances, threatening incarceration and fines if an individual possesses the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professi…

  4. CNN

    Louisiana bill would classify abortion drugs in same category as highly regulated medications (opens CNN)

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    A Louisiana bill would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifeprostone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in the state, placing them in the same category as highly regulated drugs such as narcotics and depressants.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    Louisiana bill would classify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana bill would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifeprostone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in the state, placing them in the same category as highly regulated drugs such as narcotics an…

  6. The Guardian

    Louisiana moves to add abortion pills to list of controlled dangerous substances (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    State lawmakers add amendment to anti-abortion bill to reclassify mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV drugs

  7. Hot Air

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