The Supreme Court has ordered that women must visit a doctor’s office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration could enforce a rule requiring that abortion pills be obtained in person at approved health care facilities and not through the mail or delivery even during a pandemic.
The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that women must visit a doctor's office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though similar rules for other drugs have been suspended during the public health emergency.
US Supreme Court bars mail delivery of abortion pill during pandemic
The US Supreme Court said that abortion pills must be obtained in-person, even during the pandemic, lifting a suspension of the rule by a lower court. Similar rules for other drugs, including opioids, have been waived.
The US Supreme Court split 6-3 in the case, with the liberal justices in dissent.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a rule requiring women to visit a hospital or a clinic to receive a drug used for medication-induced abortion.
The top court split 6-3, with the liberal justices in dissent, granting the Trump administration s appeal to lift a lower court s order that allowed the pill to be mailed or delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.