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The ruling sent providers and patients scrambling to understand what it means for access.
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In emergency appeals filed Saturday, makers of Mifepristone, Danko Laboratories, and GenBioPro are asking the Supreme Court to restore mail order access.
Around a quarter of all abortions in the U.S.
are prescribed via telehealth, and most abortions are from medication.
Friday, a federal appeals court granted a stay requested by Louisiana that affects the entire U.S., ruling the drug can only be distributed in person at clinics.
Thirteen states where abortion is totally banned have no such clinics.
Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone needed for a pregnancy to continue.
It's also used in miscarriage care.
The ruling sent providers and patients scrambling to understand what it means for access.
In emergency appeals filed Saturday, makers of Mifepristone, Danko Laboratories, and GenBioPro are asking the Supreme Court to restore mail order access.
Around a quarter of all abortions in the U.S.
And most abortions are from medication.
Friday, a federal appeals court granted a stay requested by Louisiana that affects the entire U.S., ruling the drug can only be distributed in person at clinics.
Thirteen states where abortion is totally banned have no such clinics.
Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone needed for a pregnancy to continue.
It's also used in miscarriage care.