Mifepristone will remain largely unavailable in 13 states that have banned abortion despite the Supreme Court's decision last week to uphold FDA rules.
The Supreme Court, acting on an emergency basis, last week blocked lower federal court orders that had imposed severe restrictions onThe ruling stemmed from a lawsuit against the FDA by a coalition of doctors who oppose abortion. That group wants to force the agency to pull mifepristone from the market entirely. The Biden administration is opposing that effort.
The FDA rules upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday for several years have allowed women to obtain a mifepristone prescription through a telehealth appointment and to receive the medication by mail. Patients previously were required by the FDA to obtain mifepristone in person from a health-care provider or take the medication under their supervision.
While the Supreme Court's decision at least temporarily maintains access to mifepristone in states that support broad access to abortion, it will have less or no impact in conservative states that banned the procedure since last summer, when the high court overturned the half-century-old federal constitutional right to abortion.
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