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By: Hannah Hiester, originally published May 4, 2026, Zeale News<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued an emergency administrative stay May 4, pausing an appeals court ruling that required chemical abortion pills to only be prescribed in person while an FDA safety review continues.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The decision follows emergency requests from two abortion pill manufacturers, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, which asked SCOTUS to halt the appeals court\u2019s May 1 ruling. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with Louisiana in the state\u2019s case against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As Zeale News previously\u00a0reported<\/u><\/a>, Louisiana sued the FDA for approving mail-order abortion pills, arguing that the policy allowed out-of-state providers to ship the drugs into Louisiana and circumvent its pro-life laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stay will remain in effect at least until May 11 as the Court considers taking up the case at the request of the drug companies. Louisiana has until May 7 to submit a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its May 1 decision, the 5th Circuit wrote, \u201cWe agree with the district court that Louisiana has shown it is suffering irreparable harm,\u201d adding that the FDA policy \u201cinjures Louisiana by undermining its laws protecting unborn human life and also by causing it to spend Medicaid funds on emergency care for women harmed by mifepristone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruling also ordered the reinstatement of safety regulations for dispensing abortion pills that had been suspended by the Biden administration in 2023. The directive applied to prescribers across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to SCOTUSblog, the two companies argued in their emergency appeals that the order \u201cinjects immediate confusion and upheaval into highly time-sensitive medical decisions\u201d and \u201cunleashed regulatory chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danco also contended that the 5th Circuit should have found that Louisiana did not have standing to bring a suit against the FDA in light of a similar 2024 SCOTUS decision that struck down a case brought by medical providers. At the time, SCOTUS ruled the providers did not have standing to challenge the FDA\u2019s policy since it did not harm them. Danco argued that Louisiana\u2019s claim of standing \u2014 based on costs incurred by paying physicians to treat complications arising from abortion pills \u2014 the argument is simply a \u201cmore<\/em> attenuated version of the\u201d suit brought by the providers two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GenBioPro also objected to the 5th Circuit\u2019s interpretation of legal standing and said it \u201cwould allow States to challenge virtually any agency action whenever they allege downstream costs or interference with state policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito, who is responsible for emergency requests from the 5th Circuit, granted the stay until the full court decides whether to grant the companies\u2019 request. The emergency order temporarily restores women\u2019s ability to access abortion pills without an in-person visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Zeale News previously reported, abortion pills account for more than 60% of abortions performed in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah Hiester is a staff writer at Zeale News whose work has also been published by the College Fix and the Archdiocese of Kansas City\u2019s newspaper, the Leaven.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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