Temporary ruling preserves mail, pharmacy and telehealth access to mifepristone Last updated: May 05, 2026 | 04:05 FILE - Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a lower-court ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Those practices had been permitted for several years until a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions last week. The latest order will remain in effect for another week while both sides respond and the high court considers the issue more fully. Most abortions use pills rather than procedures The majority of abortions in the U.S. are obtained through medications.…