California has secured an emergency stockpile of up to 2 million abortion pills after a federal judge blocked the federal regulator’s approval of mifepristone, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday.
The unprecedented ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the northern district of Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone while the lawsuit that challenges the safety and approval of the drug plays out.
California has already received more than 250,000 misoprostol pills and the ability to purchase up to 2 million more as needed through CalRx, according to Newsom’s office. CalRx is a program in California that negotiates and purchases pharmaceuticals in bulk, helping to lower the cost of drugs and making them more accessible to people in the state….