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court filing, Louisiana's attorney general and a woman who says she was coerced into taking abortion pills requested that the FDA rules be rolled back to when the pills were allowed to be prescribed
abortion and the management of miscarriages. A federal appeals court ruling on May 1 [immediately rolled back](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/01/nx-s1-5808328/court-restricts-abortion-access-mailing-mifepristone) telemedicine access to mifepristone nationwide. Two drugmakers appealed to the Supreme Court right away
abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5821591/mifepristone-supreme-court-louisiana-telehealth) Mifepristone is available via telehealth in the U.S., but the future of that access is playing out in the federal courts. Just last week, the Supreme
federal rule requiring an in-person clinician visit to receive mifepristone. The 5th Circuit acted in a challenge to the rule by the Republican-led state of Louisiana. The [Supreme Court’s](/news/2024/6/13/us-supreme-court-upholds-access-to-abortion-pill) action, called
pill mifepristone. Justice Samuel Alito extended an earlier order by three more days, which means the rules for prescribing mifepristone online or by mail will [remain in effect through at least Thursday](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/nx-s1-5818316/supreme-court-mifepristone-telemedicine-alito-delay).
abortion pill mifepristone was challenged. It remained available after that case. **Jose Luis Magana/AP** Jose Luis Magana/AP - 🎧 **The FDA's lawyers argued in the lower courts that the case should be paused** while it conducts
federal appeals court judges changed rules for a medicine called mifepristone. For more than two decades, mifepristone has been used with another drug, misoprostol, for most medication abortions in the U.S. [![Mifepristone tablets