Audio clip NAT046

NAT046 – (US-Abortion-Pills-Louisiana)
UNDATED. x–11s. First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law yesterday by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry. The measure affects the drugs mifepristone (mih-fuh-PRISS’-tohn) and misoprostol, which are used in medication abortions, the most common method of abortion in the U-S. Louisiana maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Jane Martin calls the move alarming.
(“..legal implications.”) (SOURCE:ABC)

TAG: Supporters of the bill said it would protect expectant mothers from coerced abortions, though they cited only one example of that happening, in the state of Texas.
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The Canadian Press broadcast team, ABC