Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail - The New York Times
A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone. By Ann E. Marimow and Pam Belluck Ann E. Marimow covers the Supreme Court. Pam Belluck covers reproductive health. The Supreme Court on Monday restored nationwide access to a widely used abortion medication in a temporary order that will, for now, allow women to once again obtain the pill mifepristone by mail. In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. paused a lower-court ruling from Friday that had prevented abortion providers from prescribing the pills by telemedicine and shipping them to patients, causing confusion for providers and patients. The one-sentence order imposes a pause until at least May 11. He requested that the parties file briefs by Thursday, and then the full court will determine how to proceed. The state of Louisiana sued the Food and Drug Administration to restrict access to mifepristone, saying the availabi
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