Texas Could Become the Second State in America To Classify Abortion Drugs as Controlled Substances
The state representative who introduced the bill, Pat Curry, calls the restrictions a ‘necessary evil.’
Texas could follow in the steps of Louisiana in taking aim at drugs used in medication abortions by classifying them as “controlled dangerous substances.”
A Republican Texas state representative, Pat Curry, filed a proposal to reclassify abortion-inducing drugs as Schedule IV controlled substances. Mr. Curry told the Texas Tribune the goal of his legislation is to make it harder for women to order mifepristone and misoprostol, which are used for medication abortions, the most common method of abortion in America.
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