"No one should have to wait on the edge of their seat to find out what their rights are from day to day-and yet that's what this does for people across this country. With today's order, we're back to playing the waiting game until Thursday evening."
"Technically, we were supposed to know what this decision was by Monday. Or at least, that was the deadline Justice Samuel Alito gave earlier this month, when he issued an administrative stay that (temporarily) restored broad access to mifepristone, days after a federal appeals court tried to take it away."
"The administration for most of this year has been trying to put a pause on its anti-abortion agenda, given a risky midterms season and the fact that most Americans on both ends of the aisle support abortion access... though other GOP states have not been getting the message."
"In early May, the notoriously conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, responding to a requested temporary injunction issued by Louisiana, tried to halt telehealth abortions across the nation-including in states where abortion is still a protected right."
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its final ruling on telehealth abortions by Thursday evening. An administrative stay previously restored broad access to mifepristone after a federal appeals court attempted to restrict it. The delay has left patients and advocates waiting to learn what rights apply day to day. Planned Parenthood leadership criticized the process for forcing people to wait while access to care remains uncertain. The federal government has sought to slow its anti-abortion agenda amid political risk, while some Republican-led states have continued legal challenges. Louisiana has sued the FDA over mifepristone access, and the 5th Circuit responded to Louisiana’s request by attempting to halt telehealth abortions nationwide, including in states where abortion remains protected.
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