Massachusetts is joining the list of Democratically-led states stockpiling mifepristone, the abortion pill at the center of a federal court dispute.
“Nothing has changed and nothing is going to change,” Healey said during an announcement Monday on the State House steps. She was flanked by dozens of Democratic politicians and abortion rights advocates. “We will ride this out. People in Massachusetts will be protected,” Healey said.. A spokesperson for the makers of Mifeprex, a brand of mifepristone, said it was able to fill the UMass order in one day and doesn’t anticipate any issues with supply.of another abortion medication, misoprostol.
"It allows us to continue to provide the most effective, evidence based regimen for medication abortion despite what is happening in Texas," she said.