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The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone<\/a>\u00a0without an in-person doctor visit, keeping on hold a lower court order that would have restricted the drug’s availability as litigation over FDA safety regulations continues.<\/p>\n

The decision means patients can continue to obtain a prescription for the medication via telehealth and pick it up at a pharmacy or have it delivered by mail. More than one in four women who get an abortion today obtain the medicine via telehealth, according to the ACLU.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision.<\/p>\n

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In this April 13, 2023, file photo, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic, in Rockville, Md.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The court did not elaborate on its decision, but the action matches the approach it took two years ago in a similar case brought by a group of anti-abortion doctors.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the FDA discontinued an in-person dispensation requirement for the medicine, citing data from 15 studies involving more than 55,000 patients the agency said showed that eased access was safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Louisiana, which brought the case, alleges government regulators acted arbitrarily without proper consideration of health risks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The state had asked the justices to affirm — at least temporarily — an appeals court ruling which concluded the Biden administration did not lawfully develop the new mifepristone guidelines and that they should be put on hold.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drugmakers Danco Labs and GenBioPro, backed by 20 states, insist the guidelines were properly studied by FDA and safely implemented over the past five years with little complaint or challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No federal court has ever second-guessed FDA-approved drug regulations, they pointed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are pleased that a safe and effective drug Americans\u00a0depend on will continue to be available\u00a0while this litigation\u00a0proceeds,” Abby Long, a Danco spokesperson, said in a statement. “Danco also is confident that a review of all recent, reliable data by FDA will continue to show that [mifepristone] is very safe and effective.”<\/p>\n

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement, “It’s shocking that the Supreme Court would block this common-sense return to medically ethical practices and oversight. DOJ did not defend Big Pharma, which is profiting from the illegal and unethical distribution of abortion pills. We will keep fighting.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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