Maryland plans to stockpile abortion drug as Supreme Court weighs ruling on restrictions

Emily Venezky | emily.venezky@wtop.com
April 15, 2023, 6:34 AM

Maryland will begin stashing away a widely used abortion drug in preparation of a Supreme Court ruling that could limit access to the medication.

Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller said Friday that the state will be purchasing a substantial amount of mifepristone in what the executives called an “effort by the Moore-Miller administration to protect reproductive rights in Maryland.”

“This purchase is another example of our administration’s commitment to ensure Maryland remains a safe haven for abortion access and quality reproductive health care,” Moore said in a press release.

Mifepristone — an abortion drug used for the majority of abortions in the United States — has been approved for medical use by the Food and Drug Administration since 2000, but that approval was recently challenged in a ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas.

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Emily Venezky
Emily Venezky is a digital writer/editor at WTOP. Emily grew up listening to and reading local news in Los Angeles, and she’s excited to cover stories in her chosen home of the DMV. She recently graduated from The George Washington University, where she studied political science and journalism.

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