Challenge to Louisiana law that lists abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances can proceed [View all]
Source: AP
By SARA CLINE
Updated 12:46 PM CDT, May 15, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A legal challenge against a first-of-its-kind measure that recategorized two widely used abortion -inducing drugs as “controlled dangerous substances” in Louisiana can move forward, a judge ruled Thursday.
Baton Rouge-based Judge Jewel Welch denied the Louisiana Attorney General’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed last year by opponents of the law, who argue that the reclassification of the pills is unconstitutional and could cause needless and potentially life-threatening delays in treatment during medical emergencies.
Attorneys for defendants in the suit, including Attorney General Liz Murrill, argued that the lawsuit was premature. But attorneys for the plaintiffs, who include a doctor and pharmacist, said that since the law took effect in October, the measure has impacted how the plaintiffs handle and obtain the drugs on a “regular basis.”
A hearing date for the challenge has not yet been set.
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