Pharmacies facing shortages will be able to tap into a state stockpile of a drug used in medicated abortions called misoprostol.
If you're enjoying this article, you'll love my daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news.Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state has acquired “an emergency stockpile of up to 2 million pills of misoprostol,” a medication usually used with mifepristone to induce abortion or to manage a miscarriage.
Last week, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration should halt its approval of mifepristone, putting access to a key abortion medication in jeopardy. His nationwide order is scheduled to go into effect this Friday, unless the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals intervenes.The vast majority of providers use mifepristone in conjunction with another drug, misoprostol, a protocol approved by the FDA in 2000.
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