The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily extended access to abortion pill Mifepristone via telehealth and mail.
Last Monday the Supreme Court temporarily restored access to abortion pill Mifepristone via telehealth and mail.
Last week, Justice Samuel Alito granted temporary relief after Mifepristone’s maker, Danco Laboratories and the generic version’s manufacturer, GenBioPro, filed a petition.
On Monday, Justice Alito extended access to Mifepristone until at least Thursday.
“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 Associated Press reported.
“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,” the AP said.
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked nationwide access to abortion pill prescriptions via telehealth and mail.
A three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that abortion pills such as Mifepristone must be distributed in person.
Louisiana filed the lawsuit after the FDA allowed Mifepristone to be distributed via telehealth and mail during the Covid pandemic.
In 2023, the ‘Covid’ change to how abortion pills were distributed became permanent.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lashed out at Louisiana’s ‘anti-abortion politicians’ after the ruling came down from the appeals court.
“Anti-abortion politicians have just made it much harder for people everywhere in the country to get a medication that abortion and miscarriage patients have been safely using for more than 25 years,” said Julia Kaye, senior staff attorney for the Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU.
“Louisiana’s legal attack on mifepristone shamelessly packaged lies and propaganda as an excuse to restrict abortion — and the Fifth Circuit rubber-stamped it,” they said.
“This decision defies clear science and settled law and advances an anti-abortion agenda that is deeply unpopular with the American people,” the ACLU said.
“For countless people, especially those who live in rural areas, face intimate partner violence, or live with disabilities, losing a telemedicine option will mean losing access to this vital medication altogether,” the ACLU added.
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