{"id":80424,"date":"2026-05-01T21:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=80424"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:52:42","slug":"governor-newsom-statement-on-fifth-circuit-ruling-restricting-access-to-mifepristone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=80424","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom statement on Fifth Circuit ruling restricting access to mifepristone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong id=\"m_-2975622487604515702docs-internal-guid-c16128a6-7fff-b945-7aea-5ed3cb5f3215\">SACRAMENTO \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement in response to the Fifth Circuit ruling impacting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)\u2019s 2023 Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program, which expanded access to abortion medication mifepristone:<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"m_-2975622487604515702docs-internal-guid-661340a0-7fff-7169-d510-d5fac31253ee\">\u201c<\/span>The Fifth Circuit\u2019s ruling is another blow to reproductive care access \u2013 including in our own state of California, which has long championed reproductive freedom. Access to mifepristone is particularly critical for women in rural and underserved communities where healthcare access is limited. California will continue to stand for a woman\u2019s right to choose \u2013 and fight like hell against those who seek to reach across our border and tear that fundamental right away.\u201d<\/h4>\n<div>\n<strong>Governor Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013\u00a0Governor Gavin Newsom today issued&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80425,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80424\/revisions\/80425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}