![]() Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon: “I applaud this effort by Governor Newsom to ensure that critical abortion medication is available for every woman in need, even while other states fight to strip away that right to bodily autonomy.I look forward to continuing to work with the Governor and my colleagues in the Legislature on additional efforts to safeguard abortion access in California.” I applaud Governor Newsom on his leadership to ensure decisions made in other states on medication abortion do not prevent Californians from getting reproductive care. Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins: “We are continually looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve on reproductive access in California.I applaud Governor Newsom’s swift action to ensure that Californians and those who seek care here can continue to access safe abortions.” Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis: “Today’s announcement reaffirms California’s commitment to lead the fight against extremist attempts to take away the fundamental right to reproductive care.Proactively working with other states through the Reproductive Freedom Alliance to protect access in advance of Friday’s decision.Updating Abortion.CA.GOV, California’s abortion resource website, to address questions regarding the Texas court decision and its potential impact on their access to medication abortion.Reminding health plans of California statute that requires the coverage of all other types of abortion and abortion-related services with no cost-sharing or utilization management, including misoprostol.Informing Medi-Cal providers about continued reimbursement for medication abortion using a Misoprostol-only treatment regimen.Pharmacies facing shortages can go to Abortion.CA.GOV to find out how to access the stockpile. Purchasing Misoprostol, through CalRx, to ensure California providers can continue to provide medication abortions without disruption.This regimen has been used in more than half of abortions nationwide and is widely considered the standard of care. Mifepristone, which the FDA first approved in 2000, is taken in combination with Misoprostol. WHY IT MATTERS: For decades, medication abortion has been a reliable, affordable, and accessible way for people to get abortion care. The ruling on Friday in Texas seeks to halt the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Mifepristone in an attempt to remove the drug from pharmacy shelves across the country, threatening to severely curb access to safe abortion care. Medication abortion remains legal in California.” We will not cave to extremists who are trying to outlaw these critical abortion services. WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: “In response to this extremist ban on a medication abortion drug, our state has secured a stockpile of an alternative medication abortion drug to ensure that Californians continue to have access to safe reproductive health treatments. To support other states in securing Misoprostol at a low cost, California has shared the negotiated terms of the purchase agreement with all states in the Reproductive Freedom Alliance. More than 250,000 pills have already arrived in California, and the State has negotiated the ability to purchase up to 2 million Misoprostol pills as needed through CalRx. While California still believes Mifepristone is central to the preferred regimen for medication abortion, the State negotiated and purchased an emergency stockpile of Misoprostol in anticipation of Friday’s ruling by far-right federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk to ensure that California remains a safe haven for safe, affordable, and accessible reproductive care. SACRAMENTO – As the Biden Administration appeals a decision by an extremist Texas judge seeking to block access to Mifepristone, a commonly used abortion pill in a two-drug regimen, Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that California has secured a stockpile of Misoprostol, another abortion medication that can be taken on its own to induce a safe and effective abortion. California shared the negotiated terms of its Misoprostol purchase agreement to assist other states in securing Misoprostol, at low cost.Governor Newsom announced that California has secured an emergency stockpile of up to 2 million pills of Misoprostol, a safe and effective medication abortion drug, in the wake of an extremist judge seeking to block Mifepristone, a critical abortion pill. ![]()
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