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Washington State to Maintain Abortion Pill Stockpile if Trump Wins

Washington State to Maintain Abortion Pill Stockpile if Trump Wins

Above: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a pro-choice rally and press conference in Seattle, Washington on May 3, 2022. Image copyright: Jason Redmond/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Outgoing Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee declared in an interview with Reuters that Washington State would keep its stockpile of abortion pills in case Republican presidential nominee, former Pres. Donald Trump, wins the election.

  • According to the New York Times, Inslee and at least four other Democratic governors have secured supplies of mifepristone to preserve access for women through a potential second Trump administration.


The Spin

It's not hard to understand why Gov. Inslee and other Democratic governors are stockpiling abortion pills ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. If Trump happens to win in November, his second administration will seek to attack reproductive rights nationwide.

Democrats are fearmongering on mifepristone in a desperate attempt to prevent Trump from returning to the White House. Given that the former president has publicly endorsed the Supreme Court decision to approve abortion pills and argued that abortion rights should be a state issue, it's clear he opposes a ban on mifepristone.


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