05/02/2026
Today, a federal appeals court ruled that abortion seekers can only get mifepristone in person at a health center. That means starting right now, abortion seekers cannot get mifepristone via telehealth, through the mail, or at a pharmacy.
This attack on mifepristone is not about safety, it’s about control. Mifepristone has been used safely by more than five million people in the U.S., with a safety record better than common drugs like Tylenol or Vi**ra. The FDA’s own data and over 100 peer-reviewed studies show that mifepristone is a safe and effective medication.
This is just another tactic by the Trump administration to make people jump through even more hoops to access abortions. Restricting telehealth access will have the highest impact in states where in-clinic abortions are already unavailable or extremely difficult to access.
Just like any abortion restriction or ban, the people most harmed by telehealth restrictions to mifepristone will be poor and working-class, uninsured, Black and brown, q***r and trans, and disabled community members.
People should always have control over the methods by which they have their abortions, whether they want procedural abortions, medication abortions, or to self-manage their abortions. People will always need and get abortions even when laws make it harder to do so.
We will keep fighting against barriers and stigmas around abortion and abortion access. All abortion bans are racist, classist, ableist, misogynistic, transphobic, oppressive, and unjust. Keep supporting your local abortion funds. Listen to their calls to action. Keep organizing for abortion access. F**k abortion bans!
