Washington state to keep abortion pill stockpile in case of Trump win

Democratic governor warns that efforts to ban mifepristone post-Roe are a ‘multi-decade’ effortWashington state’s first-in-the-nation stockpile of abortion drugs will serve as insurance against future lawsuits seeking to ban the procedure nationwide or a second presidential term for Republican Donald Trump, the state’s governor, Jay Inslee, said.Last year, with a federal lawsuit seeking to restrict access to abortion medication nationwide, Inslee, a Democrat, ordered the state’s department of corrections to use its pharmacy license to buy 30,000 doses of the abortion drug mifepristone. Continue reading...

Washington state to keep abortion pill stockpile in case of Trump win

Democratic governor warns that efforts to ban mifepristone post-Roe are a ‘multi-decade’ effort

Washington state’s first-in-the-nation stockpile of abortion drugs will serve as insurance against future lawsuits seeking to ban the procedure nationwide or a second presidential term for Republican Donald Trump, the state’s governor, Jay Inslee, said.

Last year, with a federal lawsuit seeking to restrict access to abortion medication nationwide, Inslee, a Democrat, ordered the state’s department of corrections to use its pharmacy license to buy 30,000 doses of the abortion drug mifepristone.

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