{"id":2598487,"date":"2026-05-04T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/samuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-blocking-mail-order-abortion-pills\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:57:45","slug":"samuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-blocking-mail-order-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/samuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-blocking-mail-order-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Alito halts appeals court ruling blocking mail-order abortion pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsamuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-blocking-mail-order-abortion-pills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598487&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito temporarily blocked a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >5th circuit appeals court ruling<\/a> that had barred abortion pills from being sold online and shipped nationwide. The drugmakers behind mifepristone asked the Supreme Court to halt the decision,arguing it would cause \u201cnationwide chaos\u201d after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monday-october-11th-2021\/\" title=\"... | October 11th, 2021\">appeals court reinstated<\/a> an in-person screening requirement. Alito issued an administrative stay pausing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-supreme-court-seems-to-favor-upholding-key-election-integrity-laws\/\" title=\"Report: ... Seems To Favor Upholding Key Election Integrity Laws\">lower-court ruling<\/a> until May 11 at 5 p.m. while the Supreme Court reviews emergency requests. Alito also set a deadline for Louisiana officials to respond by Thursday at 5 p.m. The underlying lawsuit, brought by Louisiana, challenges the Biden-era FDA changes that removed in-person screening requirements in 2023 following the 2022 *Dobbs* decision, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/about-power-and-control-planned-parenthood-spends-historical-50-million-on-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"\u2018About Power And Control\u2019: Planned Parenthood Spends Historical  Million On Midterm Elections\">returned abortion regulation<\/a> to states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Supreme Court Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1232\">Samuel Alito<\/a> temporarily blocked on Monday an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-degree-murder-charge-against-ex-cop-derek-chauvin-reinstated-by-appeals-court\/\" title=\"Third-Degree Murder Charge Against Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin Reinstated By ... ...\">appeals court\u2019<\/a>s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4552077\/appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-mail-order-abortion-nationwide\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4552077\/appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-mail-order-abortion-nationwide\/\">ruling<\/a> that barred <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"200\">abortion<\/a> pills from being sold online and transported to patients via mail.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of drugmakers who offer mifepristone, the abortion pill at the center of the litigation, urged the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> to halt the Friday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which had restored an in-person screening requirement for the abortion pill, by claiming it created \u201cnationwide chaos.\u201d Alito, the justice who handles emergency appeals from the 5th Circuit, granted an administrative stay, halting the lower court ruling through 5 p.m. on May 11 while the full Supreme Court considers the emergency petitions.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4552077\/appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-mail-order-abortion-nationwide\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4552077\">APPEALS COURT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MAIL-ORDER ABORTION NATIONWIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit brought by Louisiana officials against the Food and Drug Administration and the mifepristone drugmakers challenges the FDA\u2019s decision, under the Biden administration, to remove the in-person screening requirements before giving patients the drug.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA\u2019s rule change came in 2023, in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, which returned abortion lawmaking to states.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alito temporarily blocked a ruling banning mail-order abortion pills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2598488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP24138044228723.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,4430,32324],"class_list":["post-2598487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-alito","tag-appeals-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP24138044228723.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598491,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598487\/revisions\/2598491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}