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Challenge to Louisiana law that lists abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances can proceed

BATON ROUGE (AP) — A legal challenge against a first-of-its-kind measure that recategorized two widely used abortion -inducing drugs as 'controlled dangerous substances' in Louisiana can move forward, a judge ruled Thursday.

Baton Rouge-based Judge Jewel Welch denied the Louisiana Attorney General's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed last year by opponents of the law, who argue that the reclassific…

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