{"id":201,"date":"2026-05-11T20:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:37:21","slug":"supreme-court-temporarily-extends-womens-access-to-a-widely-used-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court temporarily extends women&#8217;s access to a widely used abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Supreme Court is leaving women\u2019s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on\u00a0the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=199\">mRNA technology powers a better flu shot and what\u2019s behind those restless legs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s order on 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\u00a0a federal appeals court from taking effect for the time being.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The court is dealing with its latest\u00a0abortion controversy four years after its conservative majority\u00a0overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The case before the court stems from a lawsuit Louisiana filed to roll back the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s rules on how mifepristone can be prescribed. The state claims the policy undermines the ban there, and it questions the safety of the drug, which was first approved in 2000 and has repeatedly been deemed safe and effective by FDA scientists.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Lower courts concluded that Louisiana is likely to prevail, and a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mail access and telehealth visits should be suspended while the case plays out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The drug is most often used for abortion in combination with another drug, misoprostol.\u00a0Medication abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023, the last year for which statistics are available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The current dispute is similar to one that reached the court three years ago.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Lower courts then also sought to restrict access to mifepristone, in a case brought by physicians who oppose abortion. They filed suit in the months after the court overturned Roe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Supreme Court blocked the 5th Circuit ruling from taking effect over the dissenting votes of Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas. Then, in 2024, the high court unanimously dismissed the doctors\u2019 suit, reasoning they did not have the legal right, or standing, to sue.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=197\">18-year-old student drowns at Canyon Lake weeks before graduation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the current dispute, mainstream medical groups, the pharmaceutical industry and Democratic members of Congress have weighed in, cautioning the court against limiting access to the drug. Pharmaceutical companies said a ruling for abortion opponents would upend the drug approval process.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The FDA has eased several restrictions initially placed on the drug, including who can prescribe it, how it is dispensed and what kinds of safety complications must be reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite those determinations, abortion opponents have been challenging the safety of mifepristone for more than 25 years. They have filed a series of petitions and lawsuits against the agency, generally alleging that it violated federal law by overlooking safety issues with the pill.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has been unusually quiet at the Supreme Court. It declined to file a written brief recommending what the court should do, even though federal regulations are at issue.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The case puts Trump\u2019s Republican administration in a difficult place. Trump has relied on the political support of anti-abortion groups but has also seen\u00a0ballot question and poll results that show\u00a0Americans generally support abortion rights.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Both sides took the silence as an implicit endorsement of the appellate ruling. Alito is both the justice in charge of handling emergency appeals from Louisiana and the author of the 2022 decision that declared abortion is not a constitutional right and returned the issue to the states.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mulvihill reported from Haddonfield, N.J.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=196\">Record number of Arizonans expected to travel for Memorial Day despite higher gas prices<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Supreme Court is leaving women\u2019s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on\u00a0the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. 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