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US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday's decision
court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail The US supreme courtupheld nationwide access to mail-order mifepristone, an abortion medication, in a shadow-docket [decision
access to mifepristone has dominated the debate over [abortion in the US](/news/2024/10/22/us-women-having-abortions-at-the-same-rate-as-before-ban-new-study) over the past few years. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called the top court’s decision
mifepristone to be sent by mail. And the following year, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to the drug. But the decision left the door open to other attempts to limit
access Thursday. The high court's order means the abortion pill mifepristone will remain available via telehealth as a case brought by Louisiana against the Food and Drug Administration proceeds through the lower courts
US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone  Mifepristone tablets sit on a table
access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/01/nx-s1-5808328/court-restricts-abortion-access-mailing-mifepristone) On Friday, an appeals court had said the Food and Drug Administration needed to revert to rules that the pills, part
court to put the case on hold until the FDA finished a review of mifepristone's safety. - ➡️ **Here's what to know about** [how medication abortions work](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/g-s1-119947/telehealth-abortion-mifepristone-misoprostol), how safe they
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) "As evidence supporting this model of care has continued to grow, and with supportive policy environments in Washington