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Makary out at FDA after facing pressure to resign

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary will leave his role, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Makary’s departure comes after pressure within the administration to step down over a variety of issues, from abortion medication to flavored vapes. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Kyle Diamantas will lead the agency in an acting capacity. He…

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Supreme Court extends access to widely used abortion pill for now

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court extends freeze on abortion pill restrictions

The extension provides a reprieve for pharmacies, telehealth companies and clinicians.

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Supreme Court Maintains Temporary Mail Access To Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The Supreme Court extended temporary mail access to abortion pill mifepristone on Monday.

International Business Times

US supreme court temporarily extends access to mail-order abortion medication mifepristone

Louisiana had sued the FDA last fall, arguing that prescribing mifepristone interfered with state’s ban on abortion

The Guardian - US

Medical boards are gatekeeping abortion access

The Supreme Court, on April 30, disagreed with an appeal by a medical board, and permitted a 15-year-old girl in her third trimester to terminate her pregnancy. This was the second such case this year alone where the Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has argued for the…

Newslaundry

What to know about the federal rule that Texans have used to mail in abortion pills

In 2023, the Food and Drug Administration started allowing mifepristone to be delivered by mail. The federal courts are deciding whether to pull that permission.

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Pastor Found Guilty of Violating U.K. Speech Laws for Preaching John 3:16 Sermon Near Hospital

Clive Johnston's conviction marks the first of its kind under buffer zone laws involving speech entirely unrelated to abortion.

Reason

Louisiana Says Men Are Spiking Women's Drinks With Abortion Pills. There's Scant Evidence of That.

Mail-order mifepristone is how countless women bypass abortion bans. That could soon change if Louisiana gets its way before the Supreme Court.

Reason

Abortion is still a problem for the GOP

Even this Supreme Court seems wary of efforts to restrict the abortion pill

Salon

Cassidy calls for expedited abortion pill review as primary nears

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, at risk of further distancing himself from President Donald Trump as his primary election draws closer, says the administration isn’t doing enough to restrict access to abortion pills. Cassidy, one of the few remaining Republicans in Congress who voted to convict Trump at his impeachment trial…

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In rural Appalachia, abortion pill offers reproductive choice and privacy − but police may see a crime

A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she ordered online.

The Conversation

Abortion pills are saving women’s lives. The right is trying to eliminate them

The supreme court has kicked the can down the road after a federal court sought to ban the mailing of mifepristone

The Guardian - US

Abortion pill rulings cause whiplash and confusion

Nationwide access to abortion pills is again in legal limbo.

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Abortion rights groups brace for another Supreme Court battle after justices restore telehealth access to widely used drug

Supreme Court allows mifepristone prescriptions by mail, for now

International Business Times

Abortion Pill Access Reinstated By Supreme Court Emergency Order

The Supreme Court temporarily restored broad access to mifepristone, allowing the abortion pill to remain available nationwide while the justices consider an emergency appeal in a legal battle over medication abortion.

International Business Times UK

What Is Mifepristone and Why Was It Banned? Supreme Court Intervenes to Stop Restrictions on the Vital Abortion Pill

Mifepristone, a key abortion medication, faces ongoing legal challenges in the US despite its established safety. The Supreme Court's intervention hasn't ended the battle, with new lawsuits emerging.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court temporarily restores access to mail-order abortion pills

Order signed by Samuel Alito blocks ruling that prevented providers from prescribing mifepristone through the mail

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How a Bill Banning AI Companions for Kids Could Usher in Widespread ID Checks Online

Plus: Supreme Court pauses ban on mail-order abortion pills, TikTok's artistic merit, a defense of pickup artists, and more...

Axios

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill

The temporary move pauses an appeals court decision that dramatically limited access to the pills.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies

The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation

Latin Times

Supreme Court Asked to Restore Mail Access to Abortion Pill After Sweeping Appellate Ruling

Two makers of the abortion pill mifepristone asked the Supreme Court to block a federal appellate ruling that cut off mail-order access to the drug, in what legal experts are calling the most significant jolt to abortion policy since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

International Business Times UK

Is Abortion Now Decriminalised? What England and Wales' New Law Actually Means

England and Wales have reformed abortion laws, removing criminal penalties for women who end their own pregnancies, while maintaining existing medical regulations and safeguards.

Reason

Mifepristone Returns to the Shadow Docket

Drug makers seek interim relief after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocks FDA rule allowing mifepristone prescriptions via telemedicine. (With Update Below.)

The Independent UK

Manufacturers of the abortion pill ask Supreme Court to restore access by mail

‘We’re now going to see, I think in a way we haven’t before, what the nation will look like when abortion bans are actually in effect,’ an expert on abortion law said

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