{"id":98,"date":"2026-05-15T18:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:05:34","slug":"us-supreme-court-rules-telehealth-abortion-can-resume-while-lawsuit-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court rules telehealth abortion can resume while lawsuit continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court  to preserve telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone until after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on the merits of the high-stakes federal lawsuit Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=96\">Flurry of new NC constitutional amendments piling up for November ballot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas issued dissenting opinions.<\/p>\n<p>In his dissent, Thomas said the rule violates the Comstock Act, a long unenforced\u00a01873 law that bans\u00a0the mailing of \u201cobscene\u201d material. During the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump said he didn\u2019t support using the Comstock Act to stop mail delivery of abortion pills, saying he thought the federal government should have nothing to do with the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Mifepristone\u2019s manufacturer\u00a0\u201cmakes a passing reference to the possibility of lost sales,\u201d Alito wrote in his dissent. \u201cBut lost sales in states where abortifacients are generally illegal are not \u2018irreparable injuries\u2019 that can justify granting a stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Federal appeals court moving forward on North Carolina abortion pill restrictions case<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"24KRK4oO43\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnewsline.com\/2026\/04\/17\/federal-appeals-court-moving-forward-on-north-carolina-abortion-pill-restrictions-case\/embed\/#?secret=QvW4naeqRx#?secret=24KRK4oO43\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFederal appeals court moving forward on North Carolina abortion pill restrictions case\u201d \u2014 NC Newsline\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Abortion-rights advocates around the country called the decision a relief after two weeks of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>On May 1, the appellate court sided with Louisiana, where state officials sued the FDA in October, arguing that a rule allowing telehealth access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used to terminate a pregnancy in the first trimester or to treat miscarriage, undermines the state\u2019s abortion ban. Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, two manufacturers of mifepristone, filed emergency appeals, leading the Supreme Court to issue a 10-day stay on May 4, extended until today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough today\u2019s decision means that mifepristone remains available through telehealth for now, this fight is not over,\u201d said Dr. Camille A. Clare, president of the American College of Obstetricians &amp; Gynecologists, in an emailed statement. \u201cThe chaos and confusion wrought by competing decisions and the revocation and restoration of access on an almost daily basis do real harm to patients and to the clinicians who care for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abortion opponents decried Thursday\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen deserve better than dangerous abortion drugs sent through the mail without physician oversight or in-person support,\u201d said Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, a major network of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. \u201cA state like Louisiana that values life in its laws should be able to protect its smallest residents as well as their moms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FDA\u2019s approved two-drug regimen via telemedicine is an increasingly common abortion method, especially for people living in parts of the country where abortion is banned or difficult to access.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a federal district court paused the lawsuit at the request of the FDA until after the completion of a safety review on mifepristone. That review was prompted by non-peer reviewed, anti-abortion research and in spite of the drug\u2019s record of safety and efficacy since 2000. The state appealed to the 5th Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=94\">NC parents and doctors push for insurance coverage for a medical test they say saves lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to multiple ongoing efforts to restrict or block mifepristone, abortion providers have told Stateline they are ready to eventually switch to a misoprostol-only method, which researchers have found to be as safe as the two-drug regimen but typically involves more symptoms and is slightly less effective.<\/p>\n<p>National groups have tried to pressure the Trump administration to drop the Biden-era rule allowing telehealth abortion and called for the head of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for reportedly slow-walking a safety review of the drug until after the midterm elections. Makary resigned on Tuesday, and anti-abortion groups wasted no time in getting Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Live Action founder and president Lila Rose, in a written statement, said she talked to the acting commissioner on Wednesday and that he said he was morally opposed to abortion. \u201cDiamantas told me that reviewing the abortion pill is a top priority for him and the administration,\u201d Rose posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins wrote a similar message to supporters in an email on Thursday, saying Diamantas will be the \u201cmost pro-life FDA commissioner in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But many doctors around the country say curbing access to telehealth abortion is likely to cause harm to people in states with bans who may face more barriers to obtaining an abortion without that option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen will be forced to travel long distances \u2014 at times hundreds of miles \u2014 to access safe, essential health care at a doctor\u2019s office, no longer having the option to receive mifepristone via telemedicine,\u201d wrote Rob Davidson, an emergency physician in Michigan and executive director of the Committee to Protect Health Care, in a letter asking the Supreme Court to maintain access to telehealth abortion. The letter was cosigned by more than 2,200 physicians.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stateline reporter Sofia Resnick can be reached at <\/em><em><span>[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/em><em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>Stateline reporter Kelcie Moseley-Morris can be reached at <\/em><em><span>[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/em><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes NC Newsline, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=92\">NC Republicans seek study on control of public school funding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday to preserve telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone until after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on the merits of the high-stakes federal lawsuit Louisiana v. 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