Today, Louisiana – a state with a near-total abortion ban made possible by Donald Trump – will go even further to restrict reproductive care in the state. In a move doctors warn risks the health and safety of women, Louisiana will reclassify the abortion pills misoprostol and mifepristone as controlled substances. 

As Louisiana MAGA Republicans follow Trump’s anti-reproductive freedom playbook and put women at risk by placing further restrictions on safe, life-saving medication, DNC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy issued the following statement:

“As Trump brags about ripping reproductive protections away from women across the country, extreme Republicans have followed Trump’s anti-reproductive rights playbook, restricting abortion and life-saving medication in Louisiana and across the South. Women are dying under these laws that Trump made possible. Louisiana’s new law is only the latest example of access to reproductive care being taken away from women after Trump overturned Roe. Now, if Trump reaches the White House again, he’ll take these extreme attacks on reproductive freedom nationwide with his Project 2025 playbook. Trump’s Project 2025 agenda includes banning abortion nationwide and restricting access to mifepristone, a life-saving medication. The only candidates in this race fighting to protect and restore reproductive rights for all Americans are Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz.” 

Louisiana’s new law makes abortion pills a controlled substance and puts the lives and health of pregnant women at risk. 

MSNBC: Opinion | “Louisiana’s new restriction on this abortion pill will making giving birth here more risky”

NBC News: “Louisiana’s new abortion pill law may delay lifesaving care for women, doctors say”

NPR: “Abortion pills will become controlled substances in Louisiana on Oct. 1” 

Following Trump’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Louisiana Republicans passed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country and even considered giving women prison time for seeking reproductive care.

AP News: “Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions of rape and incest to abortion ban”

“Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would have added cases of rape and incest as exceptions to Louisiana’s abortion ban.

“In the reliably red state, which is firmly ensconced in the Bible Belt and where even some Democrats oppose abortions, adding exceptions to Louisiana’s strict law has been an ongoing battle for advocates — with a similar measure failing last year. Currently, of the 14 states with abortion bans at all stages of pregnancy, six have exceptions in cases of rape and five have exceptions for incest.”

CNN: “These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time”

This is only possible because Donald Trump paved the way for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, something he has boasted that he is “proud” of.

Trump: “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade.”

Trump: “For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it. … Nobody else was going to get that done but me, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.”

Trump: “Getting rid of Roe v. Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life because it gave pro-life something to negotiate with. Pro-life had absolutely nothing, being stuck in Roe v. Wade, to negotiate with. … And look, everybody that was president wanted to get rid and tried to get rid of Roe v. Wade … For fifty years, this has been going on. I was able to do it, and I was very honored to do it.”

Trump: “After 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill Roe v. Wade, much to the ‘shock’ of everyone … Without me there would be no 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 15 weeks, or whatever is finally agreed to. Without me the pro Life movement would have just kept losing. Thank you President TRUMP!!!”

Trump: “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade, and everybody said that was an impossible thing to do. I put on three Supreme Court justices. Very few people have had that privilege or honor.”

Rolling Stone: “Trump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans”