Opponents of the measure included many physicians who said the drugs have other critical reproductive health care uses, and that changing the classification could make it harder to prescribe the drugs.
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a first-of-its-kind bill to classify two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. The Republican governor announced his…
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances has been signed into law by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.
The governor of Louisiana signed a bill on Friday that adds two medications commonly used to induce abortions to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances.
The marquee night of the Evangeline Downs season will be June 1, with Louisiana Legends Night. The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association will award two scholarships, each valued at $1,000, to college students.
A Louisiana man was arrested for allegedly placing weights in fish during the recent Big Bass Splash fishing contest on Toledo Bend. Aaron Moreau turned himself in after the alleged fraud.
In response to anti-abortion extremists in Louisiana voting to criminalize possession of medication abortion, DNC Deputy National Press Secretary Nina Raneses released the following statement: “Anti-abortion extremists in Louisiana are…
In an unconscionably dumb act of political theater, the Louisiana state legislature has voted to pass a ludicrous and deeply unscientific bill that criminalizes abortion pills by classifying them as "controlled dangerous substances."…
State lawmakers in Louisiana became the first in the country on Thursday to approve a bill that would classify mifepristone and a second drug as "dangerous controlled substances." Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to sign it into law.
Senators in Louisiana decided this week to advance two separate pieces of cannabis-related criminal justice legislation after previously voting them down. The moves breathe new life into proposals that would decriminalize cannabis…
BATON ROUGE -- A Louisiana bill that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people in the state who entered the U.S. illegally received approval from lawmakers Wednesday and will likely soon be on the governor's…
The bill would make it harder to obtain the pills by placing them on the list of Schedule IV drugs under the state's Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.