The Democratic governor of Washington state says he's so afraid that former President Donald Trump might win the election that he's stockpiling tens of thousands of abortion pills.
Governor Jay Inslee Interview According to Reuters, states will do everything they can to help women get access to the abortion pill if Trump wins in November, with Washington state planning to order 30,000 doses of mifepristone pills, enough for Washingtonians to use for about three years.
“Chemical abortions should receive more medical oversight, not less.”
“This is a long-term threat. Those who want to take away women's reproductive health are not going to stop last week or this week or next week. This is a decades-long effort,” Inslee said.
He was referring to a Supreme Court decision in June that dismissed a lawsuit seeking to ban mifepristone on the basis that the Federal Drug Administration had unfairly relaxed regulations, allowing the drug to be mailed nationwide.
The court did not rule on whether mifepristone should be banned, but rather found that the plaintiffs did not have valid standing to bring their lawsuit in court.
“Plaintiffs' desire to make it more difficult for others to obtain drugs does not establish standing to litigate,” the ruling read.
Gov. Inslee said the state needs to take action in case the courts later rule against the drug.
“The Supreme Court decision was not definitive in protecting mifepristone,” he explained.
President Trump has previously said he was prepared to ask the FDA to suspend approval of the pill. campaign He later walked back his comments. He has proudly touted his role in appointing Supreme Court justices that led to the stripping of abortion rights in the United States. Roe v. Wade I support this decision, but I do not support a nationwide ban on abortion.
“He cannot be trusted when it comes to women's reproductive health,” Inslee said of Trump.
Critics of the pill's expanding availability argue that taking it without the supervision of a medical professional is a threat to women's health.
“Allowing unsupervised chemical abortions via telehealth without requiring timely access to medical care puts women at grave risk,” pro-life group March for Life said in a statement in 2021. “Data released by the FDA in 2018 showed that there have been thousands of adverse events from abortion pills since 2000, including 768 hospitalizations and 24 deaths. Medical oversight of chemical abortions should be increased, not decreased.”
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