TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Apr 19, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that access to the abortion pill mifepristone will remain unchanged through at least Friday. Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency requests from the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, announced the extension through Friday at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The order gave no indication of how the court intends to proceed. Last Monday, the Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling, which invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the pill citing insufficient research but imposed that new restrictions on the pill's distribution. Last Thursday, the Biden administration asked for an emergency intervention from the Supreme Court to allow access to the pill through mail order and without first seeing a physician. Read more about today's ruling in The Hill.