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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a highly anticipated stay blocking an appellate court\u2019s pause on telehealth abortion access <\/span>until May 14.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approved medication-abortion regimen remains available via telehealth until then, following a week of <\/span>uncertainty among abortion patients and providers<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith this critical temporary administrative stay extended, we hope that some of the chaos and confusion inflicted on patients and providers last weekend will be abated,\u201d said Evan Masingill, CEO of abortion-pill manufacturer GenBioPro, one of the defendants in the case, in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 4, the Supreme Court <\/span>temporarily stayed<\/span> the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019 ruling to reinstate the FDA\u2019s in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone that the Biden administration officially lifted in 2023. Over the past week, several doctors groups submitted <\/span>friend-of-the-court briefs<\/span> arguing that cutting off access to mifepristone could harm many women seeking abortions and miscarriage management. Republican attorneys general from <\/span>23 states<\/span>, meanwhile, the Supreme Court not to allow providers to send mifepristone through the mail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People in states with abortion bans or diminished abortion access continue to depend on abortion providers prescribing FDA\u2019s approved mifepristone-misoprostol regimen through telemedicine and sending it to patients by mail.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span> from the Society of Family Planning, telehealth abortion comprised 28% of all abortions at the end of 2025, an increase from 25% at the end of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attorneys representing Louisiana <\/span>have argued<\/span> that in addition to undermining a state abortion ban, the federal rulemaking process allowing telehealth prescriptions of medication abortion was flawed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Michigan law professor Samuel Bagenstos, who served as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at the time the Biden-era rule was implemented, said the policy was well considered and based on evidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe 2023 update was the result of an incredibly careful, deliberate, time-consuming, painstaking process to make sure that they were following what the evidence was,\u201d Bagenstos said. If, the plaintiffs were to prevail, he added, ending telehealth access to mifepristone nationwide would have \u201creally harmful effects on women across the country, as well as really destabilizing effects on the drug approval system.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Louisiana\u2019s lawsuit against mifepristone has nationwide implications and could threaten residents in states with abortion access and so-called <\/span>abortion shield laws<\/span>, such as<\/span>\u00a0Maryland<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless of what happens in this case, abortion providers <\/span>told Stateline<\/span> they are determined to continue providing telehealth abortions, though potentially without mifepristone. Dr. Angel Foster, a telehealth provider in Massachusetts, a shield law state, said in the past week, about 100 patients have requested pills for future use, compared with 34 in the entire month of April. She said constantly changing rules around abortion access followed by sensational news headlines continue to create confusion for people seeking termination or miscarriage management.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI live and breathe abortion at this point, and I find it can be hard to keep up with the ever-changing legal environment and the way that things are getting framed and phrased,\u201d Foster said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re a patient and what you see are just the headlines, and you\u2019ve got to figure out what it means for you, it\u2019s really complicated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to correct the number of Republican attorneys general who asked the Supreme Court to keep mifepristone from being prescribed via telehealth visits. It should be 23.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Stateline reporter Sofia Resnick can be reached at [email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Alaska Beacon, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n

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