SCOTUS keeps abortion pill mifepristone available amid lawsuit
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The Supreme Court has preserved access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
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The Supreme Court on Monday extended a short-term order that will allow women to continue to access the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth visits while the justices deliberate over a high-profile emergency appeal.
Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. It prevents restrictions on mifepristone imposed by a federal appeals court from taking effect for the time being.
NPR's Ailsa Chang asks abortion historian Mary Ziegler what a Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone access means for patients nationwide — even in states without restrictive abortion laws.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is leaving women's access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.
The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.
The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed women to continue to access the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth visits, maintaining the status quo while officials in Louisiana continue to push for limiting availability of the drug in lower courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court today ensured that the abortion pill can continue to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed by mail as the justices restored for now a 2023 federal rule challenged by Republican-governed Louisiana that had made access to the medication easier.
The Supreme Court has preserved access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
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