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Anti-abortion groups renew calls to ban mifepristone after Supreme Court ruling

The Trump administration just wants this to all go away

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Madeline Peltz
May 05, 2026
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The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would have restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Anti-abortion activists responded with outrage, renewing calls to ban the drug altogether and urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enforce the archaic Comstock Act to prosec…

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