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Supreme Court Preserves Mail Access to Abortion Pill
US Supreme Court news: Justices blocked a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have ended mail delivery of mifepristone nationwide. The Silicon Review reports on the indefinite stay preserving abortion pill access. The Supreme Court blocked a lower court ruling that would have ended mail-order access to the abortion pill mifepristone, preserving the status quo while a legal challenge from Louisiana moves forward. In a brief order issued from the shadow docket, the justices indefinitely stayed a unanimous May 1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that reinstated an in-person dispensing requirement for the drug. The Fifth Circuit had ruled that the FDA's 2023 rule eliminating the in-person mandate was likely "arbitrary and capricious" and lacked adequate scientific support. The court's action means patients can continue receiving mifepristone by mail or at retail pharmacies nationwide, including in states where abortion remains legal. While the justices did not explain their reasoning, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. Thomas called the drug manufacturers' operation a "criminal enterprise" and invoked the Comstock Act, an 1873 law banning mai...
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