24 DAILY NEWS – Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito expressed dissent on Thursday following the court’s ruling that allows telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone to persist. The dissenting justices hinted at a forthcoming confrontation over abortion rights.
In their reactions, Alito described the decision as a “scheme” aimed at circumventing their previous ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, which abolished the nationwide right to an abortion in 2022. He noted an increase in abortions, attributed largely to expanded telehealth access.
By 2025, significantly more residents in states with total abortion bans utilized telehealth provisions for medication abortions compared to those who traveled outside their states for care. Notably, medication abortions accounted for approximately two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023. Advocates, however, caution that the dissenting opinions from Thomas and Alito underline an ongoing threat to abortion access.
Claire Teylouni, interim co-execut
