Mifepristone is one of two medications used for a medication abortion. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care ...

Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, a move that has alarmed doctors in the state.

Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, a move that has alarmed doctors in the state.

In September, the House will vote on removing cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act as well as erasing some marijuana criminal records, The Hill reports. The bill would not legalize cannabis.

In October, Louisiana became the first state in the nation to enact a law classifying the most common abortion pills, mifepristone and misoprostol, as “controlled substances,” making their possession ...

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill to add mifepristone and misoprostol — ...