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.
The order provided no legal explanation. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, with Alito writing that the decision perpetuates a scheme undermining the Dobbs ruling and Thomas describing the mail system as a criminal enterprise from which applicants cannot claim harm based on lost profits.
