US court temporarily blocks access to abortion pills by mail

Mifepristone tablets at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Iowa, July 18, 2024. CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / AP

A US appeals court on Friday, May 1, temporarily halted mail delivery of mifepristone, the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States.

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A three-judge panel of the conservative-dominated 5th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered the ruling in a lawsuit brought by the southern state of Louisiana, which has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country.

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