The state has reclassified the pills as ‘Schedule IV drugs,’ putting them in the same category as the opioid tramadol and other substances that can be addictive.
Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, an abortion rights supporter now running for Governor, didn’t defend the restrictions in court because he already contended they were preempted by the FDA’s decisions.
‘There’s a reason we rank at the bottom in terms of maternal health outcomes, and this is why.’
State Rep. Rick Townsend, a Republican from coastal Brunswick, sponsored the legislation after he was contacted by Anne and Larry Rogers, a couple in his district whose son Wes died after using kratom.
The inmates said in their lawsuit that they suffered side effects from taking the drug including vision issues, diarrhea and stomach cramps.
Health officials are now treating the shot like the flu immunizations that many Americans have come to expect annually.
Fourteen states currently have bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, one when cardiac activity can be detected around six weeks, and three at 12 to 15 weeks.
‘Until now, someone looking for a heroin-like high could walk into certain places or buy this harmful product online.’
The device increases the flexibility and usefulness of standard endoscopes.
