The two drugs used in medication abortion are officially controlled substances in Louisiana after a law took effect that criminalizes their possession without a prescription. 



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A new Louisiana law requires abortion meds to be locked in a cabinet, even if needed for emergency care

Louisiana’s first-in-the-nation law listing the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances” took effect Tuesday, triggering fears among health-care providers and pharmacists that routine care may be worsened for women in the state.

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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana’s first-in-the-nation law listing the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances” took effect Tuesday, triggering fears among health-care providers and pharmacists that routine care may be worsened for women in the state. Beyond abortion, the medicines are used for miscarriage management and, in misoprostol’s case, to stop dangerous bleeding after childbirth, physic…

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The two drugs used in medication abortion are officially controlled substances in Louisiana after a law took effect that criminalizes their possession without a prescription.  The first-of-its-kind law reclassified mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled substances, the same category as opioids, ephedrine and antidepressants. Critics fear it could be used as a model for…

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The two drugs used in a medication abortion, mifepristone and misoprostol, are now controlled substances in Louisiana, making it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to possess the drugs without a prescription.  The law, which passed in May and took effect Tuesday, classifies the two abortion pills as the highest grade... The post Abortion pills now regulated in Louisiana: What to know appeared first on Daily Truth Report • DailyTrut…

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The Louisiana law that makes abortion medication mifepristone and misoprostol "a controlled dangerous substance" bylaw took effect Tuesday, leaving physicians' hands tied on their use.

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Louisiana law making abortion drugs controlled substances goes into effect

Under the new law mifepristone and misoprostol are now required to be stored in a locked box like other controlled substances.

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Louisiana becomes the first state to make abortion pills a controlled substances

BATON ROUGE — A state law signed in May requiring two pills used in abortions to be obtained through prescriptions took effect Tuesday.The first-in-the-nation law also creates the crime of coerced criminal abortion through fraud to prohibit a third party from knowingly using an abortion-inducing drug to cause, or attempt to cause, an abortion on an unsuspecting pregnant mother without her knowledge or consent.The law changes the drug scheduling …

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Law classifying pills that can be used in abortions as controlled substances takes effect

This week, Louisiana will become the first state to consider abortion pills “controlled dangerous substances.” The state already has strict anti-abortion laws. Now, it will reclassify two common abortion drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, as “Schedule IV drugs,” the same category as some opioids and other addictive drugs.  Doctors are concerned this could cause delays in access that could be detrimental to women.  Used together, mifepristone a…

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Louisiana’s New Abortion Pill Law Could Endanger Women’s Lives, Doctors Say

A new Louisiana law goes into effect Oct. 1 that restricts access to pregnancy care drugs, impacting how hospitals store and prescribe medications like mifepristone and misoprostol. Already, doctors say care is impacted.

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Louisiana law criminalizing possession of abortion pills takes effect

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