Louisiana House passes bill that would classify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances
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By Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — The Louisiana state House on Tuesday passed an amended bill that would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifeprostone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in the state, placing them in the same categor…
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Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription, a move that doctors fear could prevent them from adequately treating their patients in a timely manner.
If it's signed into law, mifepristone and misoprostol would be in the same category as opioids, depressants and other addictive drugs – despite them being nonaddictive.
By Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — The Louisiana state House on Tuesday passed an amended bill that would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifeprostone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in the state, placing them in the same categor…
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