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Sarah McCammon

With abortion pill access uncertain, 3 states strike deals to stock up

Mifepristone was approved more than 20 years ago to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Several states say they are stocking up on medications used to induce abortions as a major abortion pill appears poised to potentially become unavailable in the U.S.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's office says it's made plans to secure an emergency stockpile of up to 2 million pills of misoprostol, a drug used in combination with another pill that is now the subject of legal battles in federal courts.

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