San Diego County OKs Stockpiling Abortion Medication in 3–2 Vote

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors have passed a measure that will allow the county to secure an emergency stockpile of medication-based abortion treatments Misoprostol and Mifepristone. Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer, who made the proposal, was joined by colleagues Monica Montgomery Steppe and Nora Vargas. Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond voted no. The board directed Sarah Aghassi, interim chief administrative officer, to add support for abortion medications to the county’s 2024 Legislative Program. Ms. Aghassi will also look at ways to ensure adequate access to the drugs—including with local clinics, and medical and telehealth providers—and report back to the board at a later date....