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The Supreme Court has paved the way for people to access the abortion medication Mifapristone by mail for now.

NPR's Kerry Johnson reports a lower court restricted access to the pills nationwide last week.

That ruling Friday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals required patients to obtain Mifapristone in

person, prompting confusion and lawsuits. Makers of the drug filed emergency petitions asking the Supreme

Court to step in. Justice Sam Alito, acting for the High Court, has now restored access to Mifapristone

by mail, at least for another week while the justices consider the issue.

Medication abortions account for nearly two-thirds of such procedures in the U.S.

Doctors who prescribe the pills by mail have been sending them to people in rural areas and states where the procedure has been banned. Nearly four years ago,

the Supreme Court took away the nation right right to abortion and a decision written by Justice Alito.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

U.S. Central Command says it has destroyed several small Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the Iranians

attacked U.S. ships protecting oil tankers. Admiral Brad Cooper said that U.S. forces are working to

create a safe passage for stranded oil tankers through the strait, and that this is a defensive

mission on behalf of the international community affected by Iran's blockade. Speaking to reporters

by phone, he said U.S. warships and tankers took no damage.

I can confirm there's been no U.S. military ships hit, and I wouldn't go in the details of

whether the ceasefire is over or not.

The ceasefire question is key to the debate over whether the war with Iran has passed the

60-day mark and would require

congressional approval under the war powers resolution. Last week, President Trump said in a letter

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