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A federal appeals court just temporarily restricted access to medication abortion nationwide. This ruling ends the ability for providers to dispense mifepristone by telehealth and mail, but it does not make it a crime to use abortion pills to end a pregnancy.

Here’s what we know:

• Mifepristone is safe and effective. This ruling had nothing to do with making people safer.
• This news is going to be confusing and worrying to people who need abortions today and tomorrow and after.
• It will undermine access to the way most people have sought abortions since the Dobbs decision in 2023. Roughly two-thirds of abortion seekers rely on medication abortion.

In fact, we’ve already received calls about this ruling from people who are worried about what this means for getting an abortion. We need people to know they are not alone.

You can help. Spread the word about these organizations that are here to help folks navigate this legal minefield.

1. If you have legal questions about what this means for your abortion, call our Repro Legal Helpline for confidential, free legal services. Or help us spread the word about our Helpline.
2. If you need help finding an abortion, go to ineedana.com or plancpills.org.
3. If you need help finding the money for an abortion, reach out to your local abortion fund.
4. If you have medical questions about your abortion or miscarriage, call the M+A Hotline.

We should all be free to live in our bodies, to build our families, to raise our children without fear, without threats, without punishment.