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Justice Alito Enters Administrative Stay of Mifepristone Order

The Court responds to the mifepristone shadow docket filings.

Jonathan H. Adler | 5.4.2026 1:41 PM

This morning Justice Alito entered an administrative stay (two actually) of the order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit halting the Food and Drug Administration regulation allowing for the prescription of mifepristone via telemedicine. Mifepristone (aka RU-486) is used in combination with misoprostol as an abortifacient. The stays are in response to applications filed by mifepristone's manufacturers, which I discussed here.

Both orders--one in response to the application from........

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