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A stockpile of 15,000 abortion pill doses has sat unused over the last year after Democratic Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts ordered nearly $700,000 be spent on the medication, the Boston Herald reported Tuesday. Per a request from Healey, the University of Massachusetts Amherst paid for the doses of mifepristone after a judge in Texas ruled in April 2023 that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) erred in approving measures to expand abortion pill access, according to the Boston Herald. Despite spending nearly $700,000 on the medication, the pills have remained unused after the Texas case…

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