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Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated a rule allowing an [abortion pill](/news/2023/4/21/what-to-know-about-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone) to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail, lifting a judicial ban that narrowed access to the medication nationwide. Justice Samuel
pill without direct supervision. Friday's ruling sets up a likely appeal to the Supreme Court. The conservative-majority high court overturned abortion as a nationwide right in 2022 but unanimously preserved access to mifepristone
access to abortion pills - the most common method of terminating pregnancies in the US - in states where abortion is banned. The decision, which stems from a lawsuit brought by the state of Louisiana, pauses
access to the pill is back. On Monday, the Supreme Court put the appeals court ruling [on hold for one week](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810510/supreme-court-mifepristone-appeals-telehealth). That means mifepristone can still be prescribed through telemedicine and sent
pill must only be prescribed in-person. The Supreme Court's ruling [temporarily restores nationwide telehealth access](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810510/supreme-court-mifepristone-appeals-telehealth) to the medication. - 🎧 **Medication abortion today accounts for 60% of all abortions
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday put a one-week hold on major changes to how the abortion pill mifepristone can be prescribed. [![Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic
pill called misoprostol. Patients can pick up the medicine at a local pharmacy, or providers can mail the drugs to a patient's home. That access is a big part of the reason