Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’

[Zincwarrior]

Interesting. The change makes chemical abortion pills illegal and persons having or giving them to a woman would be at risk of criminal prosecution.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/13/abortion-pills-louisiana-controlled-substance/

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 professional practice.

Legislators in Baton Rouge added the provision as a last-minute amendment to a Senate bill that would criminalize an abortion if someone gives a pregnant woman the pills without her consent, a scenario of “coerced criminal abortion” that nearly occurred with one senator’s sister.

A pregnant woman obtaining the two drugs “for her own consumption” would not be at risk of prosecution. But, with the exception of a health-care practitioner, a person helping her get the pills would be.

Louisiana already bans both medication and surgical abortions except to save a patient’s life or because a pregnancy is “medically futile.” Lawmakers just rejected adding exceptions for teenagers under 17 who become pregnant through rape or incest.

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The amendment would list mifepristone and misoprostol under the state’s Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, which regulates depressants, opioids and other sometimes highly addictive drugs. It elicited a strong reaction from more than 240 Louisiana doctors, who called it “not scientifically based.”
“Adding a safe, medically indicated drug for miscarriage management … creates the false perception that these are dangerous drugs that require additional regulation,” they wrote in a letter sent last week to the bill’s sponsor, Republican Sen. Thomas Pressly. They noted misoprostol’s other critical uses, including to prevent gastrointestinal ulcers and to aid in labor and delivery.

“Given its historically poor maternal health outcomes, Louisiana should prioritize safe and evidence-based care for pregnant women,” they urged.

Another article without paywall

Louisiana Lawmakers Move to Criminalize Possession of Abortion Pills

“This was not on anyone’s radar at all — it feels very sneaky,” says one OB-GYN

au.news.yahoo.com

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The more they do this shit, they more they will lose elections.

 

[Monk-Eye]

" Public Safety With Unrestricted Medical Access "

* Mass Distribution Of Ballots And Unmonitored Drop Boxes *

Interesting. The change makes chemical abortion pills illegal and persons having or giving them to a woman would be at risk of criminal prosecution.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/13/abortion-pills-louisiana-controlled-substance/

Another article without paywall

Louisiana Lawmakers Move to Criminalize Possession of Abortion Pills

“This was not on anyone’s radar at all — it feels very sneaky,” says one OB-GYN

au.news.yahoo.com

On twitter , the center for reproductive rights ( sic ) was explained that interests of a state are limited to safety and security and whether a sufficient threat to public safety exists from nefarious actors when mifepriston is widely distributed and unaccounted .

There are many drugs that represent a significant risk to public safety , however some drugs can be administered at the direction of a medical practitioner , and it should not be difficult to keep abortion choice medical practitioners on staff to administer mifepristone on demand .

More recently a family values agenda is being used to justify blocking adult content , not based on safety or security , and forcing individuals to accept a mark of the beast through a trackible digital id that is issued by the department of public safety - The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online,

 

[Lemmi]

You'd think Louisiana legislators could find more important things to deal with.