Washington Governor Jay Inslee stands on the tarmac while traveling to an event in Walla Walla, Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington state's first-in-the-nation stockpile of abortion drugs will serve as insurance against future lawsuits seeking to ban the procedure nationwide or a second presidential term for Republican Donald Trump, Governor Jay Inslee said.
Last year, with a federal lawsuit seeking to restrict access to abortion medication nationwide, Inslee, a Democrat, ordered the state's Department of Corrections to use its pharmacy license to purchase 30,000 doses of the abortion drug mifepristone.
