Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Courthouse in Gretna, Louisiana on August 2025 In Louisiana on May 1, the US court of appeals for the fifth circuit ordered a nationwide ban on mailing mifepristone. Three days later, on May 4, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito responded to an emergency appeal from two mifepristone manufacturers and put a temporary stay on the Louisiana court’s order. The Supreme Court extended the stay indefinitely on May 14 in a 7-2 decision. The ruling led to