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The Supreme Court on Monday extended a temporary order maintaining mail access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone for now.
Justice Samuel Alito said in a brief order that an administrative stay that he entered last week will remain in place until at least Thursday at 5 p.m. His move gives the Supreme Court additional time to consider whether to freeze an appellate court decision restoring a Food and Drug Administration rule that required mifepristone to be dispensed in person.
Two pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the drug, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, had asked the Supreme Court earlier this month to set aside that ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and continue allowing abortion providers to prescribe the drug online and send it to patients while legal proceedings continue. Alito handles emergency appeals arising from the 5th Circuit.
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