Washington plans to destroy 30K 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.
Then-Gov. Jay Inslee authorized the purchase of the first 30,000 doses of mifepristone in 2023 as a three-year insurance policy in case the drug was no longer available due to restrictions at the federal level. In Washington, that hasn’t been an issue — at least yet.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, mifepristone and misoprostol, the two abortion-inducing drugs, have become key for people to continue accessing the procedure, as some Republican-led states have banned abortion.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/09/washington-plans-to-destroy-30k-expiring-abortion-pills/