The move, experts say, isn’t based on medical science but instead on ongoing efforts from anti-abortion advocates to restrict access to abortion medications in states with near-total bans, like Louisiana.
During a medication abortion, mifepristone is given first, followed by misoprostol one to two days later.
According to the new law, it’s not a crime for a patient to possess the medications if they were prescribed to them.
Hospitals don’t need to remove misoprostol from hemorrhage carts, the spokesperson added, or hesitate to administer misoprostol to patients experiencing health emergencies.
The testimony “illustrated that easy access to these drugs can be dangerous to pregnant women,” Murrill said in the statement.
Persons:
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Organizations:
New, New Orleans Health Department, NBC, Louisiana Society of Addiction, Gynecology, Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana Society of Health, System, Physicians, Louisiana Legislature
Locations:
Louisiana, New Orleans, America, Baton Rouge