A federal appeals court shut off telehealth access Friday.
By Alice Miranda Ollstein
May 2, 2026
A company that makes the abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to hit pause on Friday’s lower court ruling that cut off telemedicine access to the pills nationwide, including in states where abortion is legal.
The emergency appeal asks the high court to temporarily restore a federal policy that allows the pills to be prescribed online and delivered by mail, arguing that failing to do so would cause “immediate chaos” and leave patients around the country in limbo.
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