The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Louisiana, with one of the US’s worst maternal mortality rates, wants to make abortion medication a ‘controlled substance’

Authorities in Louisiana are searching for two escaped men, urging community cooperation for their capture.

This new legislation categorizes the abortion pill regimen—mifepristone and misoprostol—alongside opioids and other addictive medications.

The state wasn’t the best place to get pregnant in the first place, with some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the US

Jeff Landry inked a first-of-its-kind bill which impacts the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol

Louisiana law classifies abortion drugs as controlled substances, imposing strict penalties for unauthorized possession and distribution.

K-12 students in the Pelican State will lose access to LGBTQ+ education, with queer educators closeted

Louisiana’s Legislature approved a bill on May 23, 2024, that would reclassify two abortion pills, mifepristone and misoprostol, as “controlled, dangerous substances.” Both pills have a long history of safe and effective use in medication abortions as well as for treatment of miscarriages and other conditions. The bill, which is…

Louisiana law regulates cervical ripening medication use to prevent misuse for criminal purposes.