Lawsuit Challenges Abortion Pill Classification

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New lawsuit challenges Louisiana's classification of abortion pills as 'controlled substances'

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A group of Louisiana health care providers and reproductive rights advocates are suing the state over a new law that classifies abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances.

The law went into effect a month ago and puts mifepristone and misoprostol — the two pills involved in a medication abortion — on Louisiana ’s list of “ Schedule IV” drugs.

In Louisiana , abortion is largely banned, so the law has not had a major impact on abortion access.

Kaitlyn Joshua says she was turned away from two emergency rooms in 2022 after she started miscarrying at around 11 weeks .

Joshua worries that the policy could lead more women in Louisiana to be denied care like she was.

The lawsuit says that Davis and another plaintiff in the suit did not get an opportunity to testify in front of lawmakers before the law passed.

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