What: Louisiana’s legislature is considering making the abortion pill medications the same as narcotic drugs, criminalizing the “possession of two medications used to induce abortion without a prescription, with punishments including prison time.”
Why it matters: Treating the abortion pill as if it is an illicit drug along the lines of methamphetamine or cocaine is just another way to scare women into giving birth to children they do not want.
Source: Axios
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