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Legal Whiplash Around Abortion Pills and Why It Doesn’t Matter

Contributor: ATTWN Staff Key points: When the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on May 1 that said mifepristone could only be prescribed with an in-person doctor visit, pro-life groups cheered. But it was not a win because abortions could still be done via pill with the second half of the two-pill regimen, misoprostol. In fact, Planned Parenthood ... Read More

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Physicians Aren’t Happy About Chemical Abortion Pill Mailing — And You Shouldn’t Be, Either

The U.S. Supreme Court might be fine with Chemical Abortion Pills being mailed to every home like Amazon packages, but America’s physicians aren’t. In Louisiana’s case against the government allowing the mass-mailing of Chemical Abortion Pills, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) had filed an amicus brief expressing concern about the abortion industry’s death-by-mail practices. “As a group of physicians, AAPS has a strong interest in defending ... Read More The post Physicians Aren’t Happy About Chemical Abortion Pill Mailing — And You Shouldn’t Be, Either appeared first

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Mail-order abortions continue and so does the fight for life

Dear Supporters, Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court extended a stay allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to continue being shipped through the mail nationwide while legal challenges continue. At Family Policy Alliance, we are deeply disappointed by this decision. Women deserve real medical care, not dangerous abortion drugs delivered by mail with little to no medical oversight or any […]

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Chemical Abortion Pill Pushers & Abusers Win Again as the Supreme Court Allows Reckless Distribution as Louisiana’s Case Proceeds

“This is a mistake by the Supreme Court with life-and-death implications, a tragedy for preborn babies and their mothers nationwide. Death-by-Mail – established during the Biden Administration – has continued unchecked by the Trump team to this point. The policy harms preborn babies and their mothers, as dangerous, unregulated pills go to abusers, in unmarked packages, leading to chaos in homes across America,” ... Read More The post Chemical Abortion Pill Pushers & Abusers Win Again as the Supreme Court Allows Reckless Distribution as Louisiana’s Case Proceeds appeared first on Students for L

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Supreme Court Grants Emergency Applications, Restoring Unchecked Mail-Order Abortion Pills for Now

(Washington, D.C.): The Supreme Court granted the emergency applications of abortion drug manufacturers Danco Laboratories, LLC and GenBioPro, Inc. to stay the Fifth Circuit’s order that blocked the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigations Strategy, including the provision allowing for abortion pills by mail. This decision allows mail-order abortion to resume immediately, allowing the case to proceed in full. John Mize, CEO of Americans United […] The post Supreme Court Grants Emergency Applications, Restoring Unchecked Mail-Order Abortion Pills for Now appeare

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SCOTUS Refuses to Stop Illegal Mail-Order Abortion Regime; Alito, Thomas Dissent

For Immediate Release: May 14, 2026 Contact: media@sbaprolife.org | View Newsroom Washington, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court refusing to stop the mail-order abortion drug regime during pending litigation, SBA Pro-Life America issued the following statement: “We are deeply disappointed the Supreme Court will not respond to the harm occurring nationwide with mercy […]

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Update: U. S. Supreme Court Issues an emergency Order on In-Person visits for abortion pill while litigation continues

UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency order on May 14, 2026 in the mifepristone case, temporarily maintaining mail-order access to the abortion pill while litigation continues. This means the lower court restrictions requiring in-person medical visits remain on hold for now. Justices Alito and Thomas dissented, while the majority kept the FDA’s current […]

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AAPLOG Colorado – First Half 2025

We are ecstatic that Bella Health + Wellness and Chelsea Mynyk, CNM, lawsuits resolved with permanent injunctions to prescribe Abortion Pill Reversal (bioidentical progesterone). Colorado law has not been repealed. However, this is a major win in the only state to outlaw APR. We will strive to make APR fully legal again in Colorado. We […] The post AAPLOG Colorado – First Half 2025 first appeared on AAPLOG - American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists .

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National Right to Life Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Lower Court Orders Regarding Mifepristone

National Right to Life criticizes a Supreme Court order allowing mail distribution of mifepristone to continue while litigation remains unresolved. The organization calls for stronger in-person oversight and adverse-event reporting, presenting its safety concerns as reasons to restore earlier restrictions.

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Pro-Life Radio Episode Summary: Defending Life Amid Legal Battles, Survivor Stories, and Calls to Action

Pro-Life Radio – Bruce, Vicky, and Dave Pro-Life Radio Episode Summary: Defending Life Amid Legal Battles, Survivor Stories, and Calls to Action Key Topics **Pennsylvania Court Ruling**: State high court strikes down Medicaid ban on abortion funding, deeming it discriminatory; first explicit protection of abortion under state constitution post-Roe v. Wade overturn. **Pro-Life Activism Updates**:… The post Pro-Life Radio Episode Summary: Defending Life Amid Legal Battles, Survivor Stories, and Calls to Action first appeared on Prolife Radio .

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STUDENT VICTORY: Gerrymandered Virginia Redistricting Map STRUCK DOWN by State Supreme Court

Editor’s Note: Since publication, it has been reported that in a conversation with U.S. Minority House Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Virginia Democrats proposed the idea of firing the Virginia Supreme Court justices who struck down their redistricting map. The goal would be to relitigate the validity of the maps to get it approved. Radical pro-choice Democrats in Virginia just lost a major ... Read More The post STUDENT VICTORY: Gerrymandered Virginia Redistricting Map STRUCK DOWN by State Supreme Court appeared first on Students for Life of America .

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Virginia’s Supreme Court Protects Virginians from Radical Pro-Abortion Democrat Agenda

Virginia's Supreme Court has taken action to protect residents from what it describes as a radical pro-abortion agenda promoted by Democrats. The court's decision comes amid ongoing political battles in the state involving abortion policy and legislative redistricting.

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The biggest pro-life fight since Roe

Two judicial rulings over mifepristone this month have set the stage for the most important legal battle over abortion since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022—and the fight has exposed the growing divide between the pro-life movement and the Trump administration. Central to this legal battle is the Biden administration’s decision to use the pretext [...] The post The biggest pro-life fight since Roe first appeared on The Bridgehead .

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SBA Pro-Life America to SCOTUS: Protect Women & Children, Stop Mail-Order Abortion Drugs

For Immediate Release: May 7, 2026 Contact: media@sbaprolife.org | View Newsroom New Brief: FDA Made Informed Consent Impossible With Inherently Dangerous Abortion Drugs by Mail Washington, D.C. – In a new brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, SBA Pro-Life America stands with the State of Louisiana and abortion drug survivors in their case against […]

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Pro-Life Catholics Must Work to Change the Hearts of Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians

Because the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision now allows individual states to make their own laws regarding abortion, pro-life people, especially Catholics, face a tough battle throughout the country. One by one, states have begun enshrining abortion into their state laws. Virginia is one such state, and it will confront the […] The post Pro-Life Catholics Must Work to Change the Hearts of Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .

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AAPLOG Files Amicus Brief in Danco v Louisiana

AAPLOG’s amicus brief in Danco v. Louisiana and GenBioPro v. Louisiana filed May 6th affirms that women deserve real medicine, not a mail-order workaround that benefits only the abortion industry. Urging the Supreme Court to leave the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in place (which would immediately reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion drug mifepristone), the brief shows that […] The post AAPLOG Files Amicus Brief in Danco v Louisiana first appeared on AAPLOG - American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists .

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CLI OB-GYN Responds to Supreme Court’s Reinstatement of Mail-Order Abortions

Washington D.C.—Today, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ruling that paused the nationwide remote shipment of abortion drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, in Louisiana v. FDA. Dr. Ingrid Skop, board-certified OB-GYN and vice president of medical affairs at Charlotte Lozier Institute, responded: “For too long, the predatory abortion industry has prioritized ‘access’—in […] The post CLI OB-GYN Responds to Supreme Court’s Reinstatement of Mail-Order Abortions appeared first on Lozier Institute .

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UPDATE: Supreme Court Stays 5th Circuit Decision For Review

May 11th 2026: The stay reference below has been extended by the U.S. Supreme Court until Thursday May 14th at 5 p.m. EST. May 4th 2026: Following the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Friday, May 1st, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a seven-day “administrative stay” while the appeal proceeds so that all parties... The post UPDATE: Supreme Court Stays 5th Circuit Decision For Review appeared first on Louisiana Right to Life .

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National Right to Life Responds to Supreme Court's Temporary Order on Abortion Pills

National Right to Life objects to a temporary Supreme Court order preserving mail distribution of abortion pills during further proceedings. Its statement urges tighter safeguards while recognizing that the procedural order does not resolve the underlying legal dispute.

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NJ Attorney General Just Defied the Supreme Court—All to Keep Harassing a Ministry That Helps Women and Saves Babies

New Jersey’s Attorney General Just Defied the Supreme Court—All to Keep Harassing a Ministry That Helps Women and Saves Babies In a unanimous 9–0 ruling on April 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a clear message: New Jersey cannot weaponize subpoenas to bully pro-life pregnancy centers and chill their supporters. Yet just one day […]

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Fifth Circuit Grants Stay in Louisiana v. FDA, Blocking Mail-Order Abortion

(Washington, D.C.): The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted a motion to stay the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for mifepristone, which established mail-order access to the abortion drug beginning under the Biden Administration. This stay was granted upon appeal by the plaintiffs, including the State of Louisiana, after the U.S. District Court the Western District of Louisiana granted […] The post Fifth Circuit Grants Stay in Louisiana v. FDA, Blocking Mail-Order Abortion appeared first on Americans United for Life .

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Vindicating Pregnancy Centers’ First Amendment Rights in Federal Court

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport The Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9-0 decision in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport, holding an overly broad subpoena against pro-life, religious pregnancy centers inflict a First Amendment injury that confers standing for the pregnancy centers to sue in federal court.‍‍ The decision is a great victory for First Choice, which may litigate its constitutional challenge to the subpoena once […] The post Vindicating Pregnancy Centers’ First Amendment Rights in Federal Court appeared first on Americans United for Lif

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BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Halts FDA’s Mail-Order Abortion Drug Policy, Effective Immediately

For Immediate Release: May 1, 2026 Contact: media@sbaprolife.org | View Newsroom Clock Ticking on FDA’s Promised Safety Review of Mifepristone Ahead of Midterm Elections Washington, D.C. – In a rebuke to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted abortion drug coercion survivor Rosalie Markezich’s and the State of Louisiana’s […]

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Court Decision Restores In-Person Medical Visits for Dangerous Abortion Pills

National Right to Life welcomes a Fifth Circuit decision temporarily blocking a federal policy that permits mailed abortion pills without an in-person visit. The organization argues that the Louisiana litigation could restore safeguards it considers important for women and unborn children.

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A Win for Free Speech and Every Pregnancy Center

A Win for Free Speech and Every Pregnancy Center – National Right to Life by Marie Tasy, Executive Director, New Jersey Right to Life On April 29th, 2026, the Supreme Court stood up for pregnancy centers and for every American who supports them. In a unanimous 9 to 0 ruling, the Court sided with First […]

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SCOTUS Confirms First Amendment Protects Pregnancy Center Donors From Nosey Abortion States

A New Jersey-based pro-life pregnancy center may proceed with its federal challenge to lawfare waged against it by the state’s Democrat attorney general, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in a 25-page decision on Wednesday. As The Federalist previously reported, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin came about when New Jersey’s Democrat-run government began […] The post SCOTUS Confirms First Amendment Protects Pregnancy Center Donors From Nosey Abortion States appeared first on Lozier Institute .

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Kenya court overturns ‘constitutional right’ to abortion in pro-life victory

On April 24, Kenya’s Court of Appeal overturned a 2022 high court ruling declaring that access to abortion is a “constitutional right” and that the arrest and prosecution of abortionists and women procuring abortions is unconstitutional. Kenya’s Constitution explicitly protects unborn children as persons, stating in Section 26: (1) Every person has the right to life. [...] The post Kenya court overturns ‘constitutional right’ to abortion in pro-life victory first appeared on The Bridgehead .

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