The Supreme Court allowed women to continue to access the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth visits, imposing a pause on a May 1 decision from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals that abruptly required women to obtain the drug through in-person visits.
The Supreme Court temporarily restored access to one of the primary ways abortion is administered in the U.S. on Monday, as it paused a lower court ruling which had banned providers from prescribing abortion pills through pharmacies or by mail through telehealth services without an in-person doctor’s visit.
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