Louisiana healthcare workers and advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a recently passed state law re-classifying two drugs used in medication abortions — mifepristone and misoprostol — as controlled and dangerous substances.

The lawsuit was filed in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court and is seeking an injunction to stop the state from enforcing Act 246, which lists the medications as Schedule IV controlled and dangerous substances.

That classification is typically used for drugs that have a low risk of leading to physical dependence or a low risk for potential for abuse like Xanax, Valium, and Ambien.

Louisiana became the first state to pass a law classifying the two medications as controlled substances in May and it went into effect on Oct. 1.

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