government Gavin Newsom announced

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On Monday, California will stockpile an emergency supply of 2 million abortion pills known as misoprostol in response to a Texas federal judge ruling against the approval of another drug that has been used for decades to terminate pregnancies.

In response to this extremist ban on an abortion drug, our state has secured a supply of an alternative abortion drug to help ensure Californians continue to have access to safe reproductive health treatments,” Newsom said in a statement. not give in to extremists who try to ban these critical abortion services. Medication abortion remains legal in California.

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge withdraws FDA approval, but another judge contradicts it

The announcement follows the ruling of US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk

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Friday that

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the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, an abortion drug that has helped millions of women medically terminate their early pregnancies.

Newsom said the judge’s decision “ignores facts, science and the law” in a way that “endangers the health of millions of women and girls.”

Abortion is still legal and accessible here in California and we will not stand by and watch as fundamental freedoms are taken away,” he said.

Mifepristone is used in combination with misoprostol as a common abortion option for women in the United States, and research has shown that the regimen is safe and effective. The two-pill procedure can be replaced with a misoprostol-only option, although that may be a less effective alternative.

While the two-pill procedure is still preferred, Newsom’s office acknowledged, the state is in the process of purchasing up to 2 million misoprostol pills as the currently available backup option to keep abortion easily accessible in California. According to a

Newsom Administrative Statement

announce the deal.

Meanwhile, another federal judge in Washington has issued a separate ruling

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On Friday, the FDA ordered no changes to the availability of mifepristone, sparking a legal battle that is expected to reach the US. High Council