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Maura Healey: “Mifepristone is safe and it's legal. It's science based and…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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Governor Healey Calls on Supreme Court to Protect Access to Mifepristone

Published | Video Starts at 03:21

First of all, for patients, we want everyone in Massachusetts to know that you should continue to seek the care that you need, continue to seek the reproductive care that you need from your doctor, including abortion, medication, including mifepristone. Mifepristone is safe and it's legal. It's science based and tested. And the experts all confirm that mifepristone is safe. It's safer than penicillin, actually safer than ibuprofen, safer than acetaminophen. I'll say that again. Mifi, okay, Is safer than ibuprofen, acetaminophen and penicillin. (03:21–03:28)

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Asserts that mifepristone is both safe and legal, supported by scientific testing.

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