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LA lawmakers pass bill targeting out-of-state doctors who prescribe and mail abortion pills

By Associated Press  
   June 11, 2025

Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday approved a measure that targets out-of-state doctors and activists who prescribe, sell, or provide pregnancy-ending drugs to residents in the reliably red state where abortions are banned with few exceptions. Louisiana law already allows women to sue doctors who perform abortions on them in the state. The bill expands who can be sued. It includes those out of the state, who may be responsible for an illegal abortion whether that be mailing, prescribing or 'coordinating the sale of' pregnancy-ending pills to someone in Louisiana.

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