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Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court |
On Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily restored mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone by pausing a lower court’s ruling from late Friday that had prevented abortion providers from prescribing the pills by telemedicine and shipping them to patients.
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The case puts the drug and the issue of abortion back on the high court’s docket less than two years after the justices rejected a similar challenge.
The one-sentence order from Justice Samuel Alito will last for one week as the Supreme Court considers the case. It temporarily restores expanded access to the drug but does not necessarily reflect the court’s thinking.
The order was expected, as it gives a pause while the court determines the next steps. The parties have until Thursday to file briefs, and then the full court will determine how to proceed.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mifepristone has been available to women through telehealth. After Roe was overturned, the Biden administration in 2023 permanently ended the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.
Louisiana filed the lawsuit last year over claims the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move had procedural defects and wasn’t supported by sufficient data.
The Trump administration has defended the FDA in court but has not said whether it supports keeping in place the regulations that make it easier for women to obtain the pills.
Mifepristone access has since emerged as one of the major legal battles over abortion. Other groups have sought to take it off the market entirely, while the new case focuses specifically on telehealth access.
The court in 2024 unanimously upheld access to mifepristone on a technicality, ruling that doctors and medical groups opposed to abortion did not have a legal right to sue.
Mifepristone, combined with misoprostol, is used for medication abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. While FDA-approved up to 10 weeks, it is commonly used off-label up to 12 weeks.
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Medicare portal database exposed Social Security numbers: Reports
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unintentionally published Social Security data for at least 100 health providers, according to multiple outlets. The department took down its National Provider Directory after The Washington Post flagged the information to CMS officials. The webpage serves to connect seniors with healthcare professionals, and it includes data about more than 7 million providers. The …
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Local and state headlines on health care:
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- Massachusetts providers of abortion pill mifepristone in limbo while legal battle plays out (Boston Globe)
- State officials, lawmakers press for delay on WakeMed/Atrium deal (North Carolina Health News)
- Budget woes may delay opening of state-funded mental health centers (New Jersey Monitor)
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Health news we’ve flagged from other outlets:
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- The antiabortion movement is turning on Trump (Wall Street Journal)
- Paranoia, turmoil and backlash: inside the FDA under Marty Makary (Bloomberg)
- HHS’ healthy food agenda puts hospitals on notice about patients’ meals (KFF Health News)
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