Louisiana passes bill to categorize abortion pills as controlled substances
Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor.
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![An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators when anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups both rallied outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 26 head of an important Supreme Court case. The Louisiana legislature this week passed a law to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances. A person's hand is shown holding a small box of medication, called mifepristone.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7213542.1716549738!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/supreme-court-abortion.jpg)
Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor.