The Supreme Court of the United States upheld a pause on a 5th Circuit Court ruling that would have halted mail-order sale of the abortion pill, mifepristone. The majority gave no reason for the decision, the two dissenters, Thomas and Alito, wrote their dissents.
Thomas wrote of the decision, “Applicants are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise. They cannot, in any legally relevant sense, be irreparably harmed by a court order that makes it more difficult for them to commit crimes.”
Supreme Court Extends Pause, Allowing Telehealth and Mail-Order Access of Abortion Pill to Continue– legalinsurrection.com
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The Supreme Court extended a pause that blocked the mail-order of Mifepristone, an abortion drug, “stayed pending disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought.”
The majority did not provide an explanation.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito penned dissents.
SCOTUS issued a temporary pause on May 4, a few days after the 5th Circuit blocked telehealth and mail-order access nationwide while the lawsuit was pending.
