US EditionSupreme Court Temporarily Restores Mifepristone Mail Access
Justice Samuel Alito’s order keeps telehealth, pharmacy and mail access in place for a week while the court weighs emergency appeals.
- On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary administrative stay restoring nationwide telehealth, pharmacy, and mail access to mifepristone, blocking a Fifth Circuit ruling until May 11, 2026.
- Louisiana officials sued the Food and Drug Administration to restrict mifepristone, arguing telehealth prescribing undermines the state's abortion ban; the Fifth Circuit panel blocked the 2023 rule on May 1.
- Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro filed emergency appeals, warning the Fifth Circuit's decision injected "immediate confusion and upheaval" into time-sensitive medical decisions and urging the high court to pause the lower court's order.
- Reproductive rights advocates welcomed the stay, though legal groups warned the underlying threat persists; anti-abortion group Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins alleged the decision allows "pill traffickers" to operate.
- Justice Alito set an accelerated schedule requiring parties to file briefs by Thursday, May 7, with the administrative stay remaining in effect until May 11 while the court weighs federal versus state distribution authority.
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Supreme Court temporarily restores access to abortion pills
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. By Oriana González, NOTUS The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily restored access through the mail to the abortion pill mifepristone, days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the drug could only be accessed in person. In a Monday order, Justice Samuel Alito paused the 5th Circuit’s ruling for at least a week. Alito requested that the parties file…
Supreme Court deals conservatives major setback in war on abortion pill
The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily restored access to mifepristone, a medication commonly used for abortion and early miscarriage care, through the mail while the justices review a decision requiring it to be dispensed in person by a medical provider.Justice Samuel Alito, who is part of the ...
The Supreme Court is weighing in on mailing abortion pills. For now, the pills are still available
Abortion pill access by mail will continue uninterrupted as a key drug’s approval for use ricochets through the nation’s highest courts. On May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted an appeals court’s decision that would have barred prescribing mifepristone — one of two drugs used in most medication abortions — through telehealth, despite medical research supporting the Food and Drug Administration’s 2023 decision to allow virtual care. …
After emergency appeal from the drug-producing laboratories, the Supreme suspended the new restrictions until 11 May. The final decision will be made after that date.
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