Louisiana Republican Governor, Jeff Landry has signed a invoice classifying abortion inducing tablets, misoprotol and mifepristone as Schedule IV managed harmful substances.
Landry took to his X (previously Twitter) deal with to make this announcement on Friday the place he emphasised that the invoice, now signed into regulation would defend ladies throughout Louisiana.
He wrote, “Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalising using an abortion drug on an unsuspecting mom is nothing in need of widespread sense. This invoice protects ladies throughout Louisiana and I used to be proud to signal this invoice into regulation at the moment.”
Below the Regulation, these abortion medication are positioned below the identical class as narcotics and depressants.
It’s now crime to own them and not using a prescription in addition to to manage them and not using a particular person’s consent.
With exemption of pregnant ladies, anybody present in possession of misoprotol and mifepristone and not using a legitimate prescription might be charged to five years in jail and fines of about $5,000.
Tons of of well being care suppliers within the state have raised considerations over this reclassification.
In accordance them, Mifepristone and Misoprotol produce other medical benefits, miscarriage care inclusive.
They warned that outrightly classifying misoprotol and mifepristone as harmful substances would create false perceptions across the medicines’ within the thoughts of individuals and cease them from accessing mandatory care.
“Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalizing using an abortion drug on an unsuspecting mom is nothing in need of widespread sense.
“This invoice protects ladies throughout Louisiana and I used to be proud to signal this invoice into regulation at the moment.”