‘Chaos’ Followed Ruling on Abortion Drug Access, and Providers Say More Uncertainty Lies Ahead
The order affects medication abortion access for a pill used in 60% of U.S. abortions, according to health policy journalist Julie Rovner.
- On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito imposed a one-week administrative stay, temporarily restoring nationwide telehealth access to mifepristone while the high court reviews emergency appeals.
- Last Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked access to mifepristone via telemedicine or mail, overriding FDA guidelines and forcing clinics into immediate chaos over the weekend.
- Providers described the weekend as some of the "craziest" and most "chaotic" days they experienced, as clinic staff worked to contact patients and navigate legal uncertainty regarding medication abortion, which accounts for 60% of procedures.
- Following the temporary stay, clinics reported a surge in requests for mifepristone from patients seeking advanced provision, while providers ask patients to sign consent forms for both mifepristone-misoprostol and misoprostol-only regimens.
- The legal challenge, brought by the Attorney General of Louisiana and the Alliance Defending Freedom, aims to bring all states in line with restrictive laws, though providers argue these decisions belong outside the clinician's office.
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The Right’s Upside-Down Argument Against the Abortion Pill
Over the last few days, the courts have contributed yet again to the ongoing American whiplash about abortion access. On Friday, a ruling from the super-conservative Fifth Circuit appeals court essentially overrode Food and Drug Administration guidelines for mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortion, so that it could no longer be prescribed by a telehealth provider. Manufacturers of the drug requested that the Supreme Court int…
Takeaways from the latest Supreme Court abortion intervention
Recently, the abortion fight had a very interesting speed bump.On May 1, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling temporarily reinstating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s older in-person dispensing rules for mifepristone, meaning the drug could no longer simply be prescribed through a telehealth visit and mailed directly to a woman’s home.Then on May 4, Justice Samuel Alito issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking…
Justice Alito's order temporarily restores access to abortion pill by mail
(DC BUREAU) – Broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone is temporarily back. That's after the Supreme Court Monday blocked a lower court ruling restricting the drug by mail. Justice Samuel Alito's order for one week lets women get the drug without visiting a doctor in-person. "The prior decision is on hold," George Washington University [...]
SCOTUS temporarily restores mifepristone access. And, Indiana, Ohio vote in primaries
The Supreme Court temporarily restored access to the abortion pill mifepristone. And, Indiana's primaries will test President Trump's influence as he tries to oust incumbent Republican senators.
This Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily reinstated access to the mifepristone abortion pill via telemedicine and postal mail, in response to an emergency appeal warning of possible chaos for patients who had appointments to access the medication. (Continue reading...) The entry United States allows delivery of abortion pill by mail was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.
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