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Munu

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Thu May 14, 2026, 06:01 PM Thursday

Supreme Court gets one right.

Supreme Court allows abortion pill to remain available by mail nationwide (NBC)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ensured that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be available by mail without an in-person appointment with a clinician.

A ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on May 1 had imperiled widespread access to the pill. Now, the Supreme Court has granted emergency requests brought by drugmakers Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro seeking to block that ruling.

The decision, a loss for the state of Louisiana, ensures there will not be any disruption to the availability of the drug as litigation continues. On May 4, in an order issued by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, the court had provisionally put the appeals court ruling on hold while the justices considered their next steps.

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Supreme Court gets one right. (Original Post) Munu Thursday OP
As I understand this, the decision is only temporary. We'll take it until the next round is settled Deuxcents Thursday #1
Scotus magats DoBW Thursday #2
'Felonious': Right-wing justices rage as Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #3

Deuxcents

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1. As I understand this, the decision is only temporary. We'll take it until the next round is settled
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:08 PM
Thursday

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,929 posts)
3. 'Felonious': Right-wing justices rage as Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Thursday

The fact that these two assholes are upset makes me smile

Conservative Supreme Court justices wrote a scathing dissent to the 7-2 decision to allow women to continue accessing the abortion pill Mifepristone via mail and telehealth.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-05-14T22:35:44.666Z

https://www.rawstory.com/mifepristone-scotus-dissent/?utm_source=superhead

Conservative Supreme Court justices wrote a scathing dissent to the 7-2 decision to allow women to continue accessing the abortion pill Mifepristone via mail and telehealth.

"What is at stake is the perpetration of a scheme to undermine our decision in Dobbs v. Jackson," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his dissent, referring to the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and pulled back abortion access.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court continued a pause on an appeals court decision that restricted access to Mifepristone via telehealth and mail. The decision extended a stay that the bench handed down earlier in the month, but it is not the final decision, as it will go back to the New Orleans-based appeals court and could return to the Supreme Court docket, reported The Hill.

"Manufacturers of the drug...are obviously aware of what is going on yet nevertheless supply the drug and reap profits from its felonious use in Louisiana," Alito went on.

Fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas also wrote a dissenting opinion. He blasted the drug manufacturers, who "are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise."

Alito added that "more abortions now occur each month in Louisiana than they did before Dobbs" as a result of out-of-state doctors and organizations mailing abortion pills to Louisiana women's doors
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