{"id":320264,"date":"2024-10-14T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=320264"},"modified":"2024-10-13T23:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T04:48:45","slug":"louisiana-law-abortion-pill-controlled-substance-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-law-abortion-pill-controlled-substance-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana law regulating abortion pill as a controlled substance goes into effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Louisiana law<\/a> requiring the classification of the abortion pill drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances went into effect on October 1.<\/p>\n

Act 246, also known as the Catherine and Josephine Herring Act, was sponsored by State Senator Thomas Pressly, who said his sister was unknowingly given the abortion pill<\/a> mifepristone by her husband, who wanted to kill their preborn child.<\/p>\n

Pressly said his bill is meant to ensure that mifepristone and misoprostol do not end up in the wrong hands \u2014 particularly as the abortion pill has become increasingly easy to get through mail-order services.<\/p>\n

“This bill really does two things,\u201d he explained. \u201cOne, we\u2019re making sure the pills are being able to be used for legitimate health care reasons. They\u2019re going to continue to be able to be used. They can be in hospitals when emergencies come up. And they can be prescribed outside of a hospital setting when necessary as well. By a doctor, by a nurse practitioner, by a physician\u2019s assistant. At the same time, if these pills are used for improper means and things that are not allowed under Louisiana law, such as abortion, then the bad actors will be held responsible and liable in a criminal fashion for that act,\u201d Pressly said.<\/p>\n