Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a stockpile of 2 million abortion pills known as misoprostol after a Texas judge ruled against using a mifepristone, another medication to terminate pregnancies.All of the secrecy around Danco exists because of fear about what antiabortion activists might do.
Operating in obscurity isn’t straightforward. Danco has had to work closely with the FDA to not disclose its address. When it came to the 2000 approval of mifepristone, the agency took additional steps to protect the people involved. All of the documents related to the approval have been redacted so government employee names and manufacturer locations don’t become available to the public.The American Medical Assn.
It would take years for the drug to be available to Americans. After pressure from advocacy groups and the Clinton administration, the reproductive-health nonprofit Population Council secured the rights in 1994 to market the drug in the U.S.