Massachusetts to stockpile abortion pill as legal dispute escalates
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says her state has begun stockpiling the abortion pill in anticipation that a court-ordered injunction could pull it from the market. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Monday announced her state has begun stock piling the abortion drug mifepristone ahead of a court-ordered injunction that could pull the drug from the market as early as Friday. It's a dramatic escalation in the fight over abortion rights that's pitted red states versus blue, and emboldened Democrats to look for novel ways to defy the potential nationwide injunction slated to go into effect at the end of the week. Under the governor's plan, Healy said the University of Massachusetts Amherst has already purchased 15,000 doses -- more than a year's worth of mifepristone for the state. Another $1 million from state coffers would be offered to Health care providers in the state to buy the drug before a nationwide injunction takes hold. The governor also said she will sig...