The US Supreme Court Stays a Ban on Telehealth Abortion – Dr. Michael New, 5/5/26 (1253)
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| 0:00.0 | This is Molly Hemingway of the Federalist, inviting you to join me for the 2026 Issues, Etc, Making the Case Conference, Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago. |
| 0:16.1 | I'll be speaking and signing copies of my new book, Alito, the Justice who reshaped the Supreme Court and restored the U.S. Constitution. |
| 0:24.6 | Learn more at Issuesetc.org. |
| 0:28.6 | Issuesetc.org |
| 0:31.6 | Musicetc. Postro, we knew that this would happen, that abortion law, abortion regulation, was going to be in flux for some time, and it certainly is. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome back to Issues, CETedar. I'm Todd Wilkin, |
| 0:56.0 | joining us to talk about U.S. Supreme Court and telehealth abortion. Dr. Michael New, he's visiting |
| 1:01.7 | assistant professor of social research and political science at the Catholic University of America, |
| 1:05.8 | senior associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Page Comstock Cunningham fellow, |
| 1:11.7 | with Americans United for Life and a columnist for National Review Online. Dr. New, welcome back. |
| 1:17.3 | Thanks to have me. Much appreciated. |
| 1:18.6 | What did the U.S. Supreme Court do Monday regarding a telehealth abortion case? |
| 1:26.1 | Well, we just take a step back that on Friday, poor lifers had a nice |
| 1:29.9 | victory. The fifth certain quarter appeals ruled against telehealth abortions. And that was a win for us. |
| 1:36.7 | It looked like telehealth abortions would be banned. But on Monday, the Supreme Court put a stay on that |
| 1:41.2 | decision. And that puts a hold on it. So essentially that means that health abortions can still happen while the Supreme Court put a stay on that decision, and that puts a hold on it. So essentially that means |
| 1:44.7 | 10-health abortions can still happen while the Supreme Court considers an appeal. The losing party |
| 1:50.4 | in that case filed an appeal, and the Supreme Court has asked for briefs to be filed by this Thursday, |
| 1:56.5 | and they will give us some common announcement on Monday. They may uphold the decision by the Fifth Circuit Court. |
| 2:02.6 | They may also want a full trial and a full hearing on this issue of telehealth abortions. |
| 2:07.8 | We will have to wait and see until Monday, but as of now, sadly, |
| 2:11.4 | telehealth abortions are still legal. |
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