{"id":26426,"date":"2026-03-20T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=26426"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:31:55","slug":"new-washington-law-allows-state-to-distribute-stockpiled-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/new-washington-law-allows-state-to-distribute-stockpiled-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"New Washington Law Allows State to Distribute Stockpiled Abortion Pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subheading\">Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill into law on Saturday enabling the state to distribute abortion pills it had stockpiled after the Supreme Court\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/06\/24\/supreme-court-overrules-roe-v-wade-in-dobbs\/\">overturned<\/a>\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Earlier this year, the state returned 30,000 expiring doses from its abortion pill stockpile to the manufacturer,\u00a0<em>The Seattle Times<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/politics\/law-will-make-it-easier-for-wa-to-distribute-abortion-pill-stockpile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>. Before\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary\/?BillNumber=5917&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Senate Bill 5917<\/a>\u00a0was signed into law, the state was required to sell its mifepristone pills for the purchase price, plus a $5 fee per dose.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/16\/new-washington-law-allows-state-to-distribute-stockpiled-abortion-pills\/\">breitbart.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill into law on Saturday enabling the state to distribute abortion pills it had stockpiled after the Supreme Court\u00a0overturned\u00a0Roe v. Wade. Earlier this year, the state returned 30,000 expiring doses from its abortion pill stockpile to the manufacturer,\u00a0The Seattle Times\u00a0reported. 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