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Gov. Jay Inslee signs group of bills on abortion and reproductive health access
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Senate Bill 5768 protects abortion pill access by authorizing the Department of Corrections to distribute a supply of 30,000 doses of mifepristone. Inslee directed the DOC to purchase the supply of mifepristone in March, after a ruling in a Texas federal court threatened access to the pill.
Sen. Karen Keiser sponsored the bill.
”We are in such a volatile situation that states have to act to protect their own residents and as many people who come to our ‘safe haven,’ and that’s what we did," said Keiser.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/gov-jay-inslee-signs-group-of-bills-on-abortion-and-reproductive-health-access/281-3e720dc8-9f3f-4e24-9b08-519f309ca6ed