CNN's Brianna Keilar takes no prisoners as GOP lawmaker outlines plan to outlaw pill
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CNN's Brianna Keilar takes no prisoners as GOP lawmaker outlines plan to outlaw pill

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CNN's Brianna Keilar put Louisiana state Sen. Thomas Pressly on the defensive Friday during an interview in which she grilled him about his state's controversial, first-in-the-nation bill that's likely to criminalize the possession of mifepristone and misoprostol, two medications commonly used for nonsurgical abortions, without a prescription for a non-abortion purpose. "I do want to talk to you about what's in this bill that you did not initially include in it for the purpose of prosecuting situations like the one that your sister was in, that is going to make mifepristone and misoprostol schedule four drugs, which was similarly tacked on. asked Keilar, later pressing him, "As I mentioned, there are additional hurdles making it a schedule four drug and the medications in particular that we're talking about here, they aren't used just for abortion. "Respectfully, I think that my sister's situation shows that these drugs in particular are used against women against their will and I'm very concerned about ensuring that again, we are maintaining the doctor-patient relationship while continuing to ensure that they are able to get the drugs for legitimate health care purposes," said Pressly.

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