The Supreme Court Thursday extended a stay allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available via mail orders and telehealth as a legal battle plays out. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
May 14 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday opted to allow mail orders of the abortion drug mifepristone to continue for now as a legal battle challenging the practice continues to play out.
In the order handed down Thursday, the high court granted a continuing a stay of a lower-court order blocking mail orders of mifepristone.
The order did not specify how many justices voted in favor of continuing the stay, but two conservatives members -- Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito -- issued written dissents to the decision.
"The Court's unreasoned order granting stays in this case is remarkable," Alito wrote. "What is at stake is the perpetration of a scheme to undermine our decision" overturning constitutional abortion rights in the landmark 2022 Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.
