They are not stopping

 

Abortion opponents aren't content, now that Roe v. Wade was overturned, at simply causing pain and suffering for women who need medical care for pregnancy complications. They're upset that there are actually more abortions now, nationwide, than before the egregious Supreme Court decision.  And they're upset that the reason for this statistic that is making them so unhappy is drugs that induce abortion, i..e, mifepristone and misoprostol.

So, while Texas was working toward becoming the first state designated as a Republic of Gilead wannabe, Louisiana is trying to take away that distinction by declaring the two drugs controlled substances.

The chilling motive behind Louisiana’s new abortion pill bill

"An exercise in empty symbolism seems an unlikely explanation. A poll this month by The Times-Picayune found that a majority of Louisianans believe that the state should allow abortions until 15 weeks. Instead, the new bill recognizes that existing bans have not been enough to stop the flow of drugs and patients across state lines — and develops new tools to track the use of these critical medications and frighten anyone who might prescribe them.

Louisiana law typically categorizes medications, such as opioids, as Category IV drugs because they are addictive and thus have a high potential for abuse. To prescribe such drugs, physicians in the state need a special license, and the state tracks the patient, physician and pharmacy involved in each prescription. Therein lies one of the primary functions of the law: The state has had a hard time enforcing its abortion ban in part because it is hard to identify when and how pills change hands. At least when a prescription originates in state, this bill might give Louisiana prosecutors an extra edge in identifying people to prosecute.

Equally important is the bill’s creation of a new crime: the possession of these abortion drugs without a prescription, with a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. The bill does not make it a crime for a “pregnant woman to possess mifepristone or misoprostol for her own consumption” — and, in theory, it exempts other lawful medical uses. But it is intended to crack down on a group antiabortion advocates have targeted since the reversal of Roe: “aiders and abettors,” a term applied to friends, family and others who help abortion patients."

So, they won't stop.  And if you read Project 2025, you'll know that the hard-righters really do want the country to become the Republic of Gilead, coast-to-coast.

About abortion, it says (summarized by Wikipedia):

"The Project urges government to explicitly reject abortion as health care and eliminate the Affordable Care Act's coverage of emergency contraception. The Project seeks to infuse the government with elements of Christianity. It proposes criminalizing pornography, removing legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs"

Some of that is already happening, of course.

And if they aren't stopped, the roadwork to this will happen.