Supreme Court Preserves Abortion Pill Access By Mail — For Now [UPDATE]After appearing to allow a deadline to pass, the Supreme Court kept a stay in place that ensures the abortion pill mifepristone will be accessible by mail for now. Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling in Louisiana v. FDA that banned the mailing of mifepristone and required that the drug be distributed only in person. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a stay on the ruling on May 4, which he then extended, restoring access temporarily.The stay expired at 5 p.m. Thursday. An order to extend it was made public just before 5:30 p.m. ET.Abortion pills sent by mail ― usually as a combination of mifepristone and another drug, misoprostol ― account for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. There are several ongoing attacks against mifepristone, including a U.S. Food and Drug Administration review of the drug despite a decades-long track record showing it has been widely and safely used by millions. The Louisiana v. FDA case is one of the most sweeping threats to abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade.Abortion providers told HuffPost last week that even in the event of a ban, patients would still be able to get abortion pills by mail using a misoprostol-only regimen.CLARIFICATION: A previous version of this post stated that the Supreme Court allowed the deadline to pass, effectively banning mifepristone by mail. See All UpdatesClose