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Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail
Louisiana had sued the FDA in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court upheld nationwide access to mail-order mifepristone, an abortion medication, in a shadow-docket decision on Thursday. Louisiana sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely, arguing that it interfered with the state’s ban on abortion. Continue reading...

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail, Louisiana had sued the FDA in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court upheld nationwide access to mail-order mifepristone, an abortion medication, in a shadow-docket decision on Thursday. Louisiana sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely, arguing that it interfered with the state’s ban on abortion. Continue reading…
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- Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mailThe Guardian - 2026-05-14T21:38:21+00:00
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