{"id":312696,"date":"2024-05-30T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=312696"},"modified":"2024-05-30T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:14:36","slug":"louisiana-passes-bill-coerced-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-passes-bill-coerced-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana governor signs law criminalizing use of abortion drugs without consent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update 5\/30\/24:\u00a0<\/strong>Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed<\/a> SB 276 into law on May 24, making Louisiana the first state to classify the abortion pill as a controlled substance. Landry’s signature came just one day after the legislation passed<\/a> the Senate with a 29-7 vote.<\/p>\n

Landry called the bill a “common sense” measure protecting women. “Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalizing the use of an abortion drug on an unsuspecting mother is nothing short of common sense,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “This bill protects women across Louisiana and I was proud to sign this bill into law today.”<\/p>\n

The law will take effect<\/a> October 1.<\/p>\n

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Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalizing the use of an abortion drug on an unsuspecting mother is nothing short of common sense. This bill protects women across Louisiana and I was proud to sign this bill into law today.<\/p>\n

Thanks to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/WJEjuqlw2Y<\/a><\/p>\n

— Governor Jeff Landry (@LAGovJeffLandry) May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n