Washington’s Abortion Pill Free-for-All Shatters Dems’ ‘Choice’ Façade
Behind the mask of ‘reproductive freedom’ lies a strategy to keep women single, childless, and reliably blue.
by Samantha Flom
April 16, 2026, 10:07 PM
In Democrats’ rush to distribute Washington state’s massive abortion pill stockpile like Easter candy, it’s astonishing they didn’t trip over what they left behind: their narrative.
For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as the defenders of women. They’ve lectured us all about so-called “reproductive freedom” and how the “right to choose” an abortion is necessary for our health. Yet women’s health and freedom of choice were the last things on the minds of Washington’s Democratic state senators in February, when they shouted down proposed safeguards for both to pass Senate Bill 5917. (RELATED: New Planned Parenthood Report Has a Disturbing Takeaway)
The unprecedented law … effectively turns Washington into the nation’s abortion pill PEZ dispenser.
The unprecedented law, signed on March 14, effectively turns Washington into the nation’s abortion pill PEZ dispenser. It allows the Washington State Department of Corrections to distribute its stash of the abortion drug mifepristone to “any person,” in any state — without a doctor’s visit, fully informed consent, or even payment. (RELATED: The Nation Must Face the Abortion Pill Legal Monster)
The department was forced to return some 30,000 expired pills — originally purchased for about $1.3 million — to the manufacturer earlier this year, though it retains about 17,000 doses. The stockpile was a parting gift from former Gov. Jay Inslee, prompted by Democrats’ fearmongering after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022. (RELATED: Hawley Pushes Bill to Ban ‘Inherently Dangerous’ Abortion Pill Nationwide)
In hindsight, hoarding tens of thousands of abortion pills for the state’s sex-segregated female prison inmates probably wasn’t the smartest use of taxpayer dollars. Now, facing an entirely predictable lack of demand, Washington is practically begging women to take the pills off their hands, consequences be damned. (RELATED: Colleges Are Becoming Abortion Clinics)
Denied a Second Choice
