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Washington Plans to Destroy 30K Expiring Abortion Pills
Washington state will destroy $1.3 million worth of abortion pills purchased in 2023 as a precaution amid ongoing federal restrictions and legal challenges.
- Washington state is preparing to destroy 30,000 expiring mifepristone doses from its stockpile, stored at a state Department of Corrections facility, with incineration costs under $1,000.
- After the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, Democratic states including Washington and Oregon ordered mifepristone stockpiles, while ongoing legal challenges tightened prescribing rules and attorneys general petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month.
- Usage figures reveal medication abortions made up about 68% of all abortions in Washington in 2024, with fewer than 0.2% resulting in hospitalization, according to the Washington state Department of Health.
- Budget cuts complicate the picture as Washington faces an $8.5 million cut in this year's biennial state budget, state rules limit distribution to qualified clinics requiring resale at purchase price, and officials say they remain open to options but report no demand for the stockpile.
- The differing state strategies show Oregon swapped expiring mifepristone for replacements expiring in 2028 at no cost, Then-Gov. Jay Inslee authorized 17,600 additional doses, while New York and California stockpiled misoprostol.
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Washington plans to destroy 30,000 expiring abortion pills
Washington state is preparing to destroy much of its abortion pill stockpile as 30,000 doses are set to expire at the end of January.But the first-in-the-nation stockpile would still have thousands more pills not set to expire for a few more years.
·Portland, United States
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