When an Abortion Ban Is Not Enough: Louisiana Seeks to Add Abortion Pills to List of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Ms. Magazine
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In February, Texas attorney Mason Herring pleaded guilty to slipping abortion-inducing pills into his wife Catherine Herring's drink without her knowledge or consent. She subsequently gave birth to a baby 10 weeks premature with significant developmental delays. Catherine Herring’s brother, Thomas Pressly, a Republican state senator from Louisiana, drafted a bill in collaboration with Louisiana Right to Life which creates the new crime of “coerced abortion by means of fraud.” Although the bill was initially framed narrowly in terms of holding men such as Herring accountable for heinous behavior, Pressly makes clear that “throughout the process, I have been trying to determine what other steps I can take to control the rampant illegal distribution of abortion-inducing drugs that ended up hurting my sister.”
  • @MrJameGumb
    54•7 months ago

    I’m sure next on the docket will be a bill to ensure any childless women over the age of 20 are kidnapped and impregnated by the state.

    That’s republicans for you though, determined to ensure any and all women remain barefoot and pregnant at all times

  • GhostalmediaEnglish
    32•7 months ago

    Abortion pills are safer than over the counter acetaminophen.

    • @jeffwOPM
      9•7 months ago

      Acetaminophen ODing is a slow and painful death

      • GhostalmediaEnglish
        20•7 months ago

        Parenthood is even slower and hurts in unimaginable ways.

        • Flying Squid
          11•7 months ago

          I always say this as a parent- Parenthood is, by far, the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life (in part because I try to do it well). It has also been the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my life, but if you are not prepared to spend the time, the effort, and the money on a child, do not have a child. No child should grow up unloved or neglected. This is yet another reason why abortion rights are so important.

        • @Viking_Hippie
          4•7 months ago

          Not to mention growing up unwanted and likely poor in a shithole state like Louisiana that doesn’t care about you AFTER you become an actual person by being born…

    • DaDragon
      1•7 months ago

      Not from the point of view of most Republicans. You can make the claim that abortion pills ‘kill’ 100% of people in a pregnant person. If abortion is murder, then abortion pills must be placed on a similar level to rat poison or cyanide. Ironically, neither is actually a controlled substance…

      • @grueEnglish
        5•7 months ago

        I understand the point you’re making (the exclusion of the mother counting as a person is a nice touch, BTW). However, I think it’s important to be clear that they are not entitled to their delusional point of view. Abortion pills being safer than acetaminophen is a matter of medical fact, and is not actually up for debate no matter how butthurt they get about it.

    • @[email protected]English
      13•7 months ago

      That’s pretty messed up, but you’re not wrong. I wish we could let people do what they want with themselves. Is that so hard?