{"id":3191,"date":"2023-04-12T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T23:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2023-04-12T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T23:37:13","slug":"keiser-bill-to-safeguard-access-to-abortion-medication-passes-senate-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2023\/04\/12\/keiser-bill-to-safeguard-access-to-abortion-medication-passes-senate-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiser bill to safeguard access to abortion medication passes Senate committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OLYMPIA \u2013<\/strong> Washingtonians would be guaranteed uninterrupted access to the safe, effective medication used in nearly 60% of abortions in the state, under a bill that passed the Senate Ways &amp; Means Committee today.<\/p>\n<p>At the direction of Gov. Jay Inslee, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) has purchased a three-year supply of mifepristone using its existing statutory authority and pharmacy license.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5768&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=false\">SB 5768<\/a> would give DOC the authority to distribute or sell the medication to clinics around the state.<\/p>\n<p>These actions are intended to ensure the abortion medication remains available in Washington even if manufacturing were to be paused due to the uncertainty created by two federal lawsuits regarding the federal Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval of mifepristone, in which judges have issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/08\/politics\/medication-abortion-texas-washington-fda\/index.html\">potentially conflicting rulings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Washington have demonstrated time and again \u2014 in polls and at the ballot box \u2014 that we support the right to reproductive freedom,\u201d said Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Des Moines), the bill\u2019s sponsor. \u201cBut that right means nothing without actual access to care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 10,000 women every year in our state, that right comes down to having access to mifepristone. We cannot allow an unelected judge in Texas to ignore more than two decades of evidence and deny Washingtonians a safe, effective medication for their reproductive choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five amendments were considered in the committee hearing, none adopted. The bill passed out of committee on a party line vote. The bill will go to the Rules Committee and be pulled to the Senate floor for action, potentially this week.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the actions taken to secure a supply of mifepristone for Washingtonians is available <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/wagovernor\/inslee-announces-unprecedented-state-purchase-of-three-year-supply-of-mifepristone-dfbe0b51aed9\">in a press release from Gov. Inslee\u2019s office<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Washingtonians would be guaranteed uninterrupted access to the safe, effective medication used in nearly 60% of abortions in the state, under a bill that passed the Senate Ways &amp; Means Committee today. At the direction of Gov. Jay Inslee, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) has purchased a three-year supply of mifepristone using its existing statutory authority and pharmacy license. SB 5768 would give DOC the authority to distribute or sell the medication to clinics around the state. 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