Supreme Court Blocks In-Person Rule for Abortion Pill
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A lower court had reimposed a requirement that patients must visit a doctor in person to get the abortion pill mifepristone. On [date], the Supreme Court temporarily stopped that rule, allowing the drug to be sent by mail again.
The decision keeps the pill available through telemedicine while the legal case continues. The high court's order does not decide the overall dispute over the drug's approval.
Mifepristone is used in more than half of all U.S. abortions. The FDA first allowed it to be prescribed via telehealth in 2021.