Louisiana Lawmakers Vote to Make Abortion Pills Controlled Substances

[In It to Win It]

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Louisiana lawmakers passed legislation on Thursday to make the state the first in the nation to designate abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances. Possession of the drugs without a prescription would be a crime punishable with jail time and thousands of dollars in fines.

The legislation, which passed the State Senate by a vote of 29 to 7, now goes to Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican who previously defended the state’s stringent abortion ban in court as attorney general. He is widely expected to sign it.

By classifying the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV drugs — a category of medicines with some potential for abuse or dependence that includes Ambien, Valium and Xanax, among others — lawmakers in the state say they aim to curb the illicit distribution of the drugs for abortions. But the Food and Drug Administration does not consider the two medications to have potential for abuse or dependence, and years of research have overwhelmingly shown both pills to be safe.

Because Louisiana already bans most abortions, and because the two drugs are also prescribed for other uses — both can be used during miscarriages, and misoprostol is often used to prevent ulcers and help during childbirth — hundreds of doctors in the state strenuously opposed the legislation.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Medical care for women is illegal, next up, their medications.

Of course this would never apply to men.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. What's up next in Louisiana? Doctors in Louisiana receive their doctorate degrees via state decree, by

potential candidates going to a six-week course solely on Louisiana law (no other courses taken by candidates).

I hope that the Feds step in, and mandate that states have no right in dictating what is and/or what isn't medically acceptable. Can you imagine 50+ states and/or territories dictating that various drugs are legal or illegal (ha ha heh, take Aspirin for example) in their state.

Again, politicians dictating what is medically good for people. This is like a used car dealer telling you to take aspirin for cancer, etc. Of course, this is a rather extreme example but, in this day and age, and the way some of these idiot politicians act (they have the power to do 'everything', nothing is banned or forbidden to them and their law-making), I wonder about the common sense logic of these people, do they even have?

[Freethinker65]

3. Women needing a prescription will be forced to go out of State?

ObGyns should consider leaving the State of LA, as they have been fleeing Idaho. They are not allowed to practice best available practice medical care to their patients. They are denied using their education and expert training to care for their patients.