{"id":2600480,"date":"2026-05-08T16:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-groups-urge-supreme-court-to-maintain-block-on-mail-order-pills\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:25:38","slug":"anti-abortion-groups-urge-supreme-court-to-maintain-block-on-mail-order-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-groups-urge-supreme-court-to-maintain-block-on-mail-order-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-abortion groups urge Supreme Court to maintain block on mail-order 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\">22<\/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%2Fanti-abortion-groups-urge-supreme-court-to-maintain-block-on-mail-order-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=2600480&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>Anti-abortion groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to leave in place an appeals court decision that blocks abortion pills-specifically mifepristone-from being sold online and shipped to patients by mail while the justices consider whether to pause the ruling on thier emergency docket.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute centers on a request from two drugmakers to lift a 5th Circuit order that reinstated an in-person screening requirement for mifepristone. Justice Samuel Alito issued an administrative stay to allow both sides to brief the Court, with the halt set to expire Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the drugmakers\u2019 request argue that removing in-person requirements undermines state abortion restrictions and leads to out-of-state prescribing and mailed pills that drive legal violations and increased healthcare and enforcement costs in states such as Louisiana.They also contend that in-person screening is important for ensuring patient safety and informed, voluntary consent.<\/p>\n<p>Republican-led states and groups filed briefs supporting Louisiana, while the Trump administration did not submit a brief either for or against the drugmakers\u2019 bid, despite having sought dismissal of related challenges in othre cases.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the emergency petition by Monday\u2019s deadline, when the current stay expires.  <\/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>Anti-abortion groups urged the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> this week to uphold an appeals court ruling barring <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\">abortion<\/a> pills from being sold online and transported to patients via mail, as the justices weigh whether to pause the ruling on their emergency docket.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is currently examining an emergency petition by a pair of drugmakers that offer mifepristone, the abortion pill at the center of the litigation,\u00a0to lift a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that had restored an in-person screening requirement for access to the abortion pill. The drugmakers claimed the ruling by a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lower court blocking online access<\/a> to the pill created \u201cnationwide chaos.\u201d\u00a0Justice Samuel Alito <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4553456\/samuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-mifepristone-abortion-pills\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4553456\/samuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-mifepristone-abortion-pills\/\">issued<\/a> an administrative stay on Monday to allow both sides to brief the high court on the emergency petition, with that emergency halt slated to expire at 5 p.m. on Monday.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4560168\/supreme-court-justices-testify-budget-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court justices to testify on Hill about budget for first time since 2019: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4558555\/john-roberts-defends-against-criticism-supreme-court-too-political\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Roberts defends against criticism of Supreme Court as too political<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4556967\/doj-plans-appeal-trump-e-jean-carroll-judgment-supreme-court\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ plans to appeal Trump\u2019s $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll judgment to Supreme Court<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The FDA lifted the in-person screening requirement under the Biden administration in 2023, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 decision in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, which returned abortion lawmaking to the states. Louisiana officials, who brought the initial lawsuit, and anti-abortion groups filed briefs to the Supreme Court calling on the justices to allow the ruling to remain in effect, arguing the FDA rule undermines the state\u2019s law restricting abortion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cWhile this Court was preparing to \u2018return the issue of abortion to the people\u2019s elected representatives,\u2019 the Biden administration was preparing a plan that predictably would undermine that decision. That plan turned on the abortion drug mifepristone,\u201d Louisiana\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A1207\/408339\/20260507165857161_Final%20Louisiana%20v.%20FDA%20-%20SCOTUS%20Stay%20Opp.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A1207\/408339\/20260507165857161_Final%20Louisiana%20v.%20FDA%20-%20SCOTUS%20Stay%20Opp.pdf\">brief<\/a> to the Supreme Court said, noting the FDA had long included an \u201cin-person dispensing requirement\u201d to ensure the abortion drug would not pose unique health dangers to a woman and to ensure she was not being forced into taking the drug.<\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana brief, brought by officials from the Pelican State and the conservative law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, also discussed the harm the FDA\u2019s 2023 rule caused the state through the healthcare costs needed for women who faced complications after taking the abortion pill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Louisiana law generally prohibits abortion and the dispensing of mifepristone to pregnant women, out-of-state prescribers\u2014freed from the in-person dispensing requirement\u2014are causing approximately 1,000 illegal abortions in Louisiana each month by mailing FDA-approved mifepristone into the State,\u201d Louisiana\u2019s brief said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose violations of Louisiana law, in turn, are directly causing tens of thousands of dollars of harm to Louisiana in the form of investigatory costs and Medicaid costs from statistically certain emergency room visits,\u201d the brief reads.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana officials argued the drugmakers brought the emergency petition \u201cbecause they wish to increase their profits by selling more abortion drugs and otherwise avoid compliance costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers and states also supported Louisiana\u2019s position, urging the Supreme Court to keep the 5th Circuit\u2019s ruling in effect for now. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A1207\/408368\/20260507182957057_Danco%20v.%20Louisiana%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A1207\/408368\/20260507182957057_Danco%20v.%20Louisiana%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf\">brief<\/a> from the GOP-led states, led by Nebraska, stated that allowing the ruling to remain in effect would preserve the states\u2019 \u201csovereign prerogative to regulate abortion as their citizens see fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be sure, the stay will undermine efforts, emanating from pro-abortion jurisdictions, to flout the Amici States\u2019 duly enacted abortion regulations and restrictions. That is a feature, not a bug,\u201d the brief of 23 states Republican-led states said.<\/p>\n<p>Susan\u00a0B.\u00a0Anthony\u00a0Pro-Life America, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-label-fire-at-pro-life-organization-in-wisconsin-arson\/\" title=\"Authorities Label Fire at Pro...Life Organization in Wisconsin Arson\">prominent anti-abortion group<\/a>, also filed a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A1207\/408264\/20260507115404366_25A1207%2025A1208%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf\">brief<\/a> supporting Louisiana, arguing that the in-person screening requirement for mifepristone is essential to protecting the health and safety of pregnant women considering the drug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhysicians cannot adequately inform a woman of her particular risks related to mifepristone without treating her in person,\u201d the brief said. \u201cAnd without in-person care, prescribing healthcare providers also cannot adequately determine whether patients are giving voluntary consent without coercion. Thus, granting the requested stay will not only \u2018substantially injure the other parties interested in the proceeding,\u2019 it is also contrary to the public\u2019s interest, another factor the Court must consider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the Trump administration did not file any brief to the Supreme Court either supporting or opposing the bid by the abortion pill drugmakers to restore the FDA rule instituted by the Biden administration. In other court cases brought by Florida and Texas officials challenging the FDA rule, the Trump administration has attempted to dismiss lawsuits, claiming it is conducting a comprehensive review of the Biden-era rule easing restrictions on the abortion drug.<\/p>\n<p>The second Trump administration has frustrated anti-abortion advocates, who argue officials within the administration are not doing enough to combat efforts by abortion-rights activists to ease restrictions on the procedure and abortion pills, such as mifepristone. SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser took aim at the administration last week after the 5th Circuit restored the in-person screening requirement for mifepristone, accusing them of slow-walking the drug\u2019s review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that the\u00a0Trump\u00a0administration\u2019s inaction has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-blocks-fda-policy-that-let-abortionists-traffick-deadly-illegal-drugs-by-mail\/\" title=\"... Blocks FDA From Allowing Illegal, Deadly ......By......\">forced pro-life states<\/a> to take their battle to the federal courts,\u201d Dannenfelser said. \u201cThe FDA does not need a year or more to complete a comprehensive study before it can take dangerous abortion drugs out of the mail \u2014 that\u2019s just common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4553456\/samuel-alito-halts-appeals-court-ruling-mifepristone-abortion-pills\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4553456\">SAMUEL ALITO HALTS APPEALS COURT RULING BLOCKING MAIL-ORDER ABORTION PILLS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a 2024 case, the Supreme Court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3040731\/supreme-court-upholds-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-mifepristone\/\">unanimously upheld<\/a> the FDA\u2019s rule allowing mifepristone to be prescribed online and shipped nationwide, ruling that the group that sued over the rule, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, did not have proper standing to file the legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on the emergency petition by 5 p.m. Monday, when the current administrative stay expires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-abortion groups urged the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling blocking mail- and online sales of abortion pills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2600483,"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\/05\/AP26082605579783.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[55084,79347,32275],"class_list":["post-2600480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-anti-abortion-2","tag-mail-order-pills","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26082605579783.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600480","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=2600480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600485,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600480\/revisions\/2600485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}