The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the abortion pill can continue to be dispensed through mail as a Louisiana lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration continues.
The decision came after the court on May 4 granted a temporary pause on a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which had blocked abortion pill distribution by mail. Under the ruling, abortion by mail could resume until May 11, but the extension was later lengthened to May 14, when the temporary stay expired.
But the May 14 ruling extended the stay indefinitely as Louisiana’s suit against the FDA continues.
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Louisiana first challenged the modification of the FDA’s drug safety program, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, in October 2025. The modification, which occurred in 2023 under the Biden administration, removed the federal requirement to dispense abortion drugs in person.
In its suit, Louisiana claims that sending abortion drugs into the state “directly violates Louisiana’s abortion laws and prevents Louisiana from protecting the lives of unborn babies despite the promise of Dobbs” and has “directly generated medical emergencies that harm Louisiana women and emergency room visits that harm the State.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written and originally published Decision Magazine. Used with permission.
