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FDA ended a requirement to prescribe mifepristone in person, opening up remote dispensation via telehealth. The supreme court ruled on a similar case
FDA authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone. It remained available after that case.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com
case plays out. Mifepristone is the first of a two-pill regimen recommended by the FDA
case on hold until the FDA finished a review of mifepristone's safety. - ➡️ **Here's what
case has national stakes** Since FDA's prescribing rules for medications apply to the whole country, a change to the rules about how mifepristone
Mifepristone was approved in 2000 as a safe and effective way to end early pregnancies. It is typically used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol. Because of rare cases of excessive bleeding, the FDA
FDA has to go back to its earlier in-person prescribing rules for mifepristone. The order immediately applies to the whole country. The makers of mifepristone have appealed to the Supreme Court asking
case. Thomas wrote in his dissent that since sending mifepristone by mail is illegal in Louisiana, the drug manufacturers are not entitled to block a court order "based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise
FDA's prescribing rules for medications apply to the whole country, a change to the rules about how mifepristone can be accessed has national impact. That means it affects states with constitutionally-protected access
case puts the contentious issue of abortion back in front of the justices, who must confront another effort by abortion opponents to scale back access to mifepristone, with the November US congressional elections looming
mifepristone](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/11/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-temporary-extension), an abortion medication, which conservative members of Congress [accused him](https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/11/congress/bitter-pills-00775740) of slow-walking. Trump [signed off](https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/trump-planning-to-fire-fda-commissioner-marty-makary-34c072e2) on a plan to fire Makary earlier this month