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In an unconscionably dumb act of political theater, the Louisiana state legislature has voted to pass a ludicrous and deeply unscientificwas overturned. Currently, neither medical nor surgical abortions are legal in the state. Criminalizing the possession of abortion pills under the Controlled Substance Act, though, is a deeply troubling turn in the US' ongoing abortion rights battle — and where one abortion-restrictive state goes, others may well follow.
Mifepristone "has been used for over 20 years by over five million people with the capacity to become pregnant," Ushma Upadhyay, an associate professor in the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science at the University of California, San Francisco, toldAll to say, there's no scientific evidence to merit the criminalization of abortion pills on safety grounds.
In other words, this bill is so, so, stupid.
, because — as a trained lawyer who has presumably read the American Constitution — he seemingly forgot the part of our founding document about the separation of church and state. Just, you know, if you needed a vibe check on the Louisiana government's leader.it's the drawing of ideological and political boundaries, not scientific or evidence-based ones. Pretending otherwise is misleading, and rest assured the consequences will be bigger than a case of "heartburn.
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