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restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone 
restricts abortion 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)
access to the drug. But the decision left the door open to other attempts to limit the availability of the drug. More than 20 US states have banned or restricted abortion
restricted access. Louisiana sued the FDA last year, claiming that a rule adopted during the administration of former US President Joe Biden, a Democrat – a rule that eased access to mifepristone by eliminating
abortion and gender-affirming care. A different legal decision recently [halted](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/25/vaccines-kennedy-covid-rsv-flu) the agency’s attempt to raze vaccine recommendations, and new [research](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/tylenol-acetaminophen-pregnancy-no-link-autism-latest-study) and [regulatory decisions](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-rfk-jr-leucovorin-autism-fda) have
restrictions in 2019. While the case initially centered over state Medicaid limitations, the stakes significantly expanded after the US supreme court in 2022 ended nearly a half-century of federal abortion protections by overturning
abortion, drugs and vaping, but decisions to pull back publications on the safety of shingles and Covid vaccines, among other immunization decisions, have also rocked public health. There have also been concerns about the transition
US Supreme Court on April 2, 2025.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5189x5189+1233+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F82%2F17613daf4500acfcc38dfec16f5b%2Fgettyimages-2207553685.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810510/supreme-court-mifepristone-appeals-telehealth) ### [Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/health/) ### [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) The FDA determined that
restrict access to abortion”. ## Is sex-selective abortion happening in NSW? “There is no evidence that sex selection is occurring in NSW,” the state health minister, Ryan Park, said on Wednesday. A 2020 NSW [Health
restricting the vote to heads of households, the overturning of Obergefell v Hodges, the restoration of state sodomy laws, the outlawing of mosques, and the application of biblical law through the courts, as previously [reported
us," says Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief of medical affairs at the same Planned Parenthood where Gibron works. If a patient gets the pills and then goes to use them 11 months later, "we are still
restrictions are endangering women’s health, even in places where exceptions for patients’ lives are supposed to be in place, said Linda Goldstein, lead attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which helped bring
access. “Can I have some, please?” [Trump joked](https://youtu.be/8xrI-_qo64E?t=543) of ibogaine, which in gruelling 12-hour trips often provides visions of traumatic personal memories. “I’ll take whatever it takes,” he added, with