On Tuesday, Louisiana will become the first state in the U.S. to categorize two widely used abortion pills as “controlled dangerous substances.”
Opponents argue the classification could have catastrophic impacts in a state that already has a near-total abortion ban and one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation. Doctors fear the reclassification will cause delays in accessing the drugs — mifepristone and misoprostol — which together can be used to manage miscarriages, while misoprostol induces labor and treats severe bleeding after delivery. They also worry the practice of reclassifying the drugs might spread beyond Louisiana.
Proponents say the new law should help prevent coerced abortion, pointing to a Texas case in which a pregnant woman was given seven misoprostol pills by her husband without her knowledge; the baby survived. Over the past 15 years, news outlets have reported on similar cases — none in Louisiana — but the issue does not appear widespread.
this is what happens when fifty of the United States are allowed to have state laws override federal laws
this will only get resolved when the individual states are made to follow one set of federal laws for everybody no matter which state they happen to be in
Federal laws supercede state laws already.
so states with cannabis dispensaries don’t count? or the states allowing abortion?
state laws do supersede federal all the time unless the state likes the federal version better
those states are violating the law and betting the Fed Govt won’t intervene.
By law? Yes, they do. It just isn’t being enforced.
It still causes financial issues though. Banks won’t touch them, for instance.