Supreme Court pauses restrictions on mailed abortion pill access

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]The Supreme Court is preserving access to the abortion drug mifepristone through the mail this as a lawsuit is playing out. Access is likely to remain uninterrupted until into next year as this case goes on. The justices granted emergency requests from makers of the drug who are appealing a federal appeals court ruling that would require women to see a doctor in person instead of getting the drug through the mail. The FDA stopped requiring in-person visits five years ago. Earlier this week additionally, the FDA commissioner Mardi McCarry resigned.