Louisiana will become the first in the United States on Tuesday to categorize two widely used abortion-inducing pills as “controlled dangerous substances.”

Louisiana is officially the first state to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled substances like opioids, which are considered addictive.

The Louisiana law that makes abortion medication mifepristone and misoprostol "a controlled dangerous substance" bylaw took effect Tuesday, leaving physicians' hands tied on their use.

The two drugs used in medication abortion are officially controlled substances in Louisiana after a law took effect that criminalizes their possession without a prescription. The first-of-its-kind law reclassified mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled substances,

The two drugs used in a medication abortion, mifepristone and misoprostol, are now controlled substances in Louisiana, making it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to possess the drugs without a prescription.

In another blow to reproductive healthcare freedom in Republican states, Louisiana has reclassified the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as schedule IV controlled substances, which come with prison terms of up to five years for those caught in possession without a prescription.

A new law restricting the use of certain abortion medications went into effect Tuesday (Oct. 1) in Louisiana. Mifepristone and misoprostol are now classified as controlled dangerous substances, meaning it is illegal to carry those drugs without a prescription.

Louisiana hospitals have locked up a key drug used to stop women from bleeding out after giving birth as a new state law takes effect Tuesday.