With only three members present, the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday failed to pass a measure that would allow the county to secure its emergency stockpile of medication-based abortion treatments Misoprostol and Mifepristone.
Lawson-Remer said it was important for county leaders not to be apathetic about the issue. Ahead of an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Lawson-Remer last month called for the county to secure its emergency stockpile of the abortion drug, in the form of a resolution.FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, involves anti-abortion group AHM suing the Food and Drug Administration over its approval of Mifepristone, filed shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Women taking Mifepristone had to make three visits to a health care provider -- a first visit to take Mifepristone; a second visit two days later to take Misoprostol; and a third visit two weeks after the initial visit to confirm that the pregnancy had been terminated. There are 36 states that allow the drug to be prescribed while 14 have banned it. It is used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the nation.
Before the vote Tuesday, Montgomery Steppe described the proposal as a liberty and freedom-of-choice issue. She added that it was important to preserve"the right for individuals to choose what's right for them and their bodies" in California and San Diego County.
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