The Supreme Court is addressing challenges to medication abortion rules.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued dissents in a case involving mifepristone restrictions. The Fifth Circuit had imposed a nationwide ban on telehealth prescriptions for the drug. The Supreme Court issued an emergency order blocking that ban earlier this year.
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday issued a temporary nationwide order that freezes federal rules allowing mifepristone to be prescribed via telemedicine and sent by mail, siding with Louisiana in a lawsuit challenging the FDA’s 2023 changes.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued an emergency order permitting the mail distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone to continue nationwide. The unsigned ruling temporarily blocked a federal appeals court decision that had struck down a Biden-era policy allowing online prescriptions and shipments.
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A study published April 6, 2026, in JAMA Internal Medicine found that people seeking medication abortion often reached the same eligibility conclusions as clinicians when using prototype “over-the-counter-style” packaging and a drug facts label. Researchers and outside experts said the results add to evidence that self-screening could work, though any move to over-the-counter sales would face major regulatory and political hurdles.
India's Supreme Court indicated on Wednesday that uniform guidelines on judicial intervention in faith and rights disputes are neither feasible nor desirable, preferring case-by-case assessments. The observation came during the seventh day of hearings on the Sabarimala Temple entry reference.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. The 5-4 decision rejected a challenge by the Republican National Committee. It preserves practices used in about 18 states and territories.
A 26-year-old Kentucky man faces charges after police say he replaced his pregnant girlfriend's medication with abortion pills. Abdullah Mohmand of Bowling Green was arrested and booked into the Barren County Jail without bond.