Abortion pills at the Supreme Court

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Today, Explained

2026-05-13

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There are more abortions now than when the Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But a ruling on whether to keep abortion pills accessible could change that. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Abortion pills have been on a bit of a journey in the United States over the past few weeks.

  • The journey begins in Louisiana, where the state sued the Food and Drug Administration to ban access to mifepristone

  • through telehealth pills in the mail.

  • On May 1st, a district appeals court temporarily banned access to telehealth abortion and pills by mail nationwide.

  • So.

  • For a few days, a lot of people in the country were like.

  • But then the Supreme Court of the United States weighed in.

  • The Supreme Court has, at least for now, restored access.

  • But the Supreme Court wasn't finished.

  • They said, we'll have more for you on Monday, yesterday.

  • But then yesterday they said, actually, Thursday, and we'll see if that happens.

  • The Supreme Court said it would get out of the business of abortion after overturning Roe v. Wade, and they were wrong.

  • So while we wait for them to figure this out again.

  • We're going to talk about what's at stake on today's Explain from Vox.

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