How Abortion Bans Could Make Your IUD Insertion More Painful (And Other Far-Reaching Consequences)

How Abortion Bans Could Make Your IUD Insertion More Painful (And Other Far-Reaching Consequences)

In the fall of 2024, Louisiana implemented the nation’s first-ever law designating mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances. That put the pills in the same category as opioids and anxiety medi­cations that have a high risk of­ dependency and abuse, even though mifepristone and misoprostol have no recreational use, ­aren’t stimulants or sedatives, and are not addictive. “They do not meet the definition or intent of what a controlled …