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The fact that these two assholes are upset makes me smile
Conservative Supreme Court justices wrote a scathing dissent to the 7-2 decision to allow women to continue accessing the abortion pill Mifepristone via mail and telehealth.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-05-14T22:35:44.666Z
https://www.rawstory.com/mifepristone-scotus-dissent/?utm_source=superhead
"What is at stake is the perpetration of a scheme to undermine our decision in Dobbs v. Jackson," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his dissent, referring to the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and pulled back abortion access.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court continued a pause on an appeals court decision that restricted access to Mifepristone via telehealth and mail. The decision extended a stay that the bench handed down earlier in the month, but it is not the final decision, as it will go back to the New Orleans-based appeals court and could return to the Supreme Court docket, reported The Hill.
"Manufacturers of the drug...are obviously aware of what is going on yet nevertheless supply the drug and reap profits from its felonious use in Louisiana," Alito went on.
Fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas also wrote a dissenting opinion. He blasted the drug manufacturers, who "are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise."
Alito added that "more abortions now occur each month in Louisiana than they did before Dobbs" as a result of out-of-state doctors and organizations mailing abortion pills to Louisiana women's doors
J_William_Ryan
(3,560 posts)Thats a lie there is no scheme.
mucifer
(25,725 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,207 posts)Nothing like leaving debris of a miscarriage in a woman of baby making age to keep corporations from exploiting female workers and their offspring. Coney Barret might actually know things the two piggies never consider.
Deuxcents
(27,646 posts)orleans
(37,170 posts)wiki says:
Cushing's syndrome
Mifepristone is used for the medical treatment of high blood sugar caused by high cortisol levels in the blood (hypercortisolism) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome who also have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance and have failed surgery or cannot have surgery.[6][14] In a Phase III trial, it improved glycemic control, increased insulin sensitivity, and reduced body weight regardless of the cause of CS.[28]
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Other uses
Mifepristone at low doses has been used for emergency contraception.[30][31][12] Mifepristone has also been used to treat symptomatic leiomyoma (uterine fibroids) and endometriosis.[32] As elevated cortisol levels have been implicated in psychotic depression, mifepristone has been used as a treatment.[33]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mifepristone#Medical_uses
Attilatheblond
(9,207 posts)Ideology driven judges and pols who don't have knowledge of female bodies need to STFU and stay out of our medical care.
Deuxcents
(27,646 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,855 posts)A federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration would have restricted access by mail to mifepristone.
Link to tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/us/politics/supreme-court-abortion-pill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iVA.WwIl.mVqV7bLGuxhB&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Two manufacturers of mifepristone had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit restricted access to the medication nationwide.
The Supreme Courts brief order means that the Fifth Circuits decision will remain blocked, perhaps for months, while litigation continues in the lower courts. The issue could eventually return to the high court.
The majority did not explain the reasons for its ruling, as is often the case when it issues emergency orders. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., the two most conservative justices, dissented, with Justice Alito calling the majoritys order remarkable and complaining that it was unreasoned.....
Justice Alito, in his dissent, agreed with the state that its ban had been thwarted by certain medical providers, private organizations and states that abhor laws like Louisianas and seek to undermine their enforcement. He characterized the shipping of abortion medication into states with strict bans as the perpetration of a scheme to undercut the Supreme Courts decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which he noted restored the right of each state to decide how to regulate abortions within its borders.
The fact that Alito and Thomas are upset makes me smile
DrMJG10
(78 posts)Any time Alito and Thomas are the only ones upset, I assume a correct decision has been made!!!
DFW
(60,423 posts)area51
(12,749 posts)Alito, Thos & others lied during their "job interview" that Roe v. Wade was settled law. Suck it, boys.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,928 posts)Why do you care Alito?
Buckeyeblue
(6,436 posts)The question here is around the FDA ruling that allows this drug to be dispensed via tele-health consultations via the mail.
It essentially is not about abortion--even though Alito wants it to be. This drug has other uses.