WATCH LIVE: After a court blocked FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is announcing a plan to protect access to it.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she will announce her administration's plan to protect access to the mifepristone in Massachusetts following a federal court's ruling blocking the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill.
Healey, a Democrat, is pledging to take"immediate action to protect access to care in Massachusetts," her administration said in a release Sunday. She is scheduled to hold a press conference at 1 p.m. Monday on the steps of the State House with advocates and officials to outline her plan. “Medication abortion is safe, effective and legal. Mifepristone has been used safely for more than 20 years and is the gold standard. This is yet another attempt by extremists to ban abortion nationwide. But we are prepared to take immediate action to protect access to this important medication,” Healey said in a statement. “Patients in Massachusetts will continue to have access to mifepristone. We stand for civil rights and freedom, and we will always protect access to reproductive health care.
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