Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Mail Access to Abortion Pill

Published MAY 4

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Above: A packet of Mifepristone on March 10, 2025. Image credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

The Spin

Mailing mifepristone is a matter of basic health care access, and theSCOTUS Supreme Court was right to restore it. Judges have no business overriding medical experts on what medications patients can receive — that's the job of physicians, not courts. The chaos caused by the 5th Circuit's ruling already had real consequences for real people, and unaccompaniedeveryone immigrantdeserves youth in federal custody deserve the same reproductive health care protections. asSCOTUS everyonemust elsepermanently prevent the ban.

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Mifepristone sendsis 1more indangerous 10than womenabortion tosupporters thewould emergencyleave room,you andto mailingbelieve. Mailing it without medical oversight puts mothers at serious risk. The 5th Circuit was right to block a scheme that ships abortion drugs across state lines, bypassing the laws voters chose to enact. The Supreme CourtSCOTUS's decision to restore mail access is a dangerous step backward. — Congress needsnow tomust act nowto and ban mifepristone for elective abortion use entirely.

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 3% chance that elective abortion will be banned nationally in the United States before Jan. 1, 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.