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Confused about the abortion pill news? Here's where things stand

Supreme Court put the appeals court ruling [on hold for one week](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810510/supreme-court-mifepristone-appeals-telehealth). That means mifepristone

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mifepristone have appealed to the Supreme Court asking for a quick change back to the Biden

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

appeal to the Supreme Court. The conservative-majority high court overturned abortion as a nationwide right in 2022 but unanimously preserved access to mifepristone

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Supreme Court stayed a May 1 ruling from the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals would have banned access to mifepristone

SCOTUS temporarily restores mifepristone access. And, Indiana, Ohio vote in primaries

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito imposed a one-week pause on significant changes to** how the abortion pill mifepristone can be prescribed. An appeals

US Supreme Court restores abortion pill access for now

appeals court wrote in that order. Two mifepristone manufacturers then asked the Supreme Court to weigh

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Supreme Court stayed a May 1[ruling](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/01/nx-s1-5808328/court-restricts-abortion-access-mailing-mifepristone) from the New Orleans-based, U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals which would have banned mifepristone

US Supreme Court temporarily lifts ban on abortion pill mail delivery

Court of Appeals to reimpose an older federal rule requiring an in-person clinician visit to receive mifepristone. The 5th Circuit acted in a challenge to the rule by the Republican-led state of Louisiana

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Mifepristone is available via telehealth in the U.S., but the future of that access is playing out in the federal courts. Just last week, the Supreme Court [ordered that the law to provide the drug

Abortion pill by mail allowed for at least 3 more days, the Supreme Court says

Supreme Court on Monday gave itself more time to consider a national ban on telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Justice Samuel Alito extended an earlier order he issued by three more days

Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail

mifepristone manufacturers, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, filed an emergency request with the supreme court, which granted a temporary stay until at least Thursday. In a 7-2 decision with dissents from justices Clarence Thomas

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Supreme Court yesterday gave itself more time to consider a national ban** on telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Justice Samuel Alito extended an earlier order by three more days, which means the rules

Supreme Court gives abortion pill mifepristone a 1-week reprieve from a major change

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday put a one-week hold on major changes to how the abortion pill mifepristone can be prescribed. [![Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

appeals court wrote in the order. The decision will remain in effect as the case plays out. Mifepristone is the first of a two-pill regimen recommended by the FDA to end a pregnancy

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Supreme Court gives abortion pill mifepristone a 1-week reprieve from a major change](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810510/supreme-court-mifepristone-appeals-telehealth) According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, it is "clinically inaccurate" to describe what