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 emergency appeals from drugmakers and Louisiana.
- Justice Samuel Alito issued an order Monday maintaining access to the abortion pill mifepristone while the Supreme Court considers whether to allow restrictions imposed by the 5th Circuit Court to take effect.
- Louisiana filed a lawsuit to roll back Food and Drug Administration rules on mifepristone, claiming the policy undermines state bans; a 5th Circuit Court panel previously ruled mail access and telehealth visits should be suspended.
- Abortion opponents have challenged mifepristone safety for more than 25 years, alleging the FDA violated federal law by overlooking safety issues, despite the agency deeming the drug safe and effective.
- Pharmaceutical companies and Democratic members of Congress cautioned the Supreme Court against limiting access, while President Donald Trump and his Republican administration declined to file a brief despite federal regulations at issue.
- The Supreme Court addresses this controversy four years after overturning Roe v. Wade, though Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas previously dissented against blocking Circuit Court restrictions on the drug.
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The debate surrounding medical abortions is occupying US courts. Now the Supreme Court has ruled that medications containing the active ingredient mifepristone may be shipped, but only for a short time. Source link: https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/oberstes-us-gericht-erlaubt-postversand-von-abtreibungspillen-vorerst-weiter-a-1462d9d9-6c4b-458d-8215-5a472ea1afbd#ref=rss Author: Publish date: 2026-05-12 02:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content bel…
News Wrap: Access to abortion pill temporarily extended
In our news wrap Monday, the Supreme Court extended access to the abortion pill mifepristone as justices consider an emergency request to halt a lower-court ruling that would restrict access to the drug, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner pleaded not guilty and a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine expires on Monday.
Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Abortion Pill Access, But 'Care Is Still Under Attack Every Day'
The US Supreme Court temporarily extended access to mifepristone—a medication commonly used in abortion and miscarriage care—by mail while the justices review a ruling from a notoriously right-wing appellate court.
Court extends temporary order allowing access to abortion pill by mail
Mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions, which are the most common form of abortions in the United States, will remain widely available throughout the United States, at least for now. In a pair of brief orders, Justice Samuel Alito extended the temporary pause – known as an administrative stay – that he had placed on a ruling by a federal appeals court in Louisiana, which would require mifepristone to be dispensed in pers…
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