Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill
Justice Samuel Alito’s order keeps telehealth and mail access in place while the justices weigh a Louisiana-led challenge to the FDA’s rules.
- Justice Samuel Alito issued an order on Monday allowing women to continue obtaining mifepristone through mail and pharmacies, blocking a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have required in-person doctor visits.
- A Louisiana lawsuit challenging Food and Drug Administration rules on mifepristone prescriptions prompted the legal dispute, with lower courts initially concluding the state is likely to prevail in suspending telehealth and mail access.
- Republican Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes argues in-person visits protect women, while Democratic State Representative Donna Howard claims legislators are trying to "practice medicine without a license" by restricting the drug.
- Four years after overturning Roe and Wade, the Supreme Court is weighing the case, leaving President Donald Trump in a difficult position balancing anti-abortion group support against public polling showing broader abortion rights support.
- Medication abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in 2023, and the ruling could significantly impact access in more than a dozen states that have already effectively banned abortion outright.
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SCOTUS Extends Stay in Case Over Distribution of Abortion Medication by Mail
The United States Supreme Court has issued a short extension of last week’s temporary stay allowing for women to continue accessing mifepristone, a drug used in medication-induced abortions, by mail. Originally set to expire at 5pm on Monday, May 11, 2026, Justice Samuel Alito signed a brief order pushing the expiration date ahead to Thursday, [...] The post SCOTUS Extends Stay in Case Over Distribution of Abortion Medication by Mail appeared fi…
Trump thought he’d escaped the abortion trap
By all accounts, President Donald Trump really, really did not want abortion to become a major issue this election year. But here we are, six months before the midterms, and abortion pills are back at the Supreme Court, as the state of Louisiana and abortion drug manufacturers ask to fast-track oral arguments in what is shaping up to be a blockbuster case. Conservatives are invoking the Comstock Act. And Trump’s Food and Drug Administration has …
Abortion pill access extended, advocates warn of limbo's chilling effect
As the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily extended telehealth access to abortion drug mifepristone until Thursday, local advocates said having the drug's availability in limbo is a barrier to care.
Samuel Alito: You Can Have Your Abortion Pills, But Only Until Thursday
America’s uterus-havers have once again been granted a reprieve! For the next three days, at least, it will continue to be legal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone over the internet and have it mailed to their patients, as per an order from Justice Samuel Alito. The extension will allow the court time to consider an emergency request from two manufacturers of mifepristone to halt a ruling from the Fifth Circuit in the case of Louisiana v. FDA…
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