In a fast-moving case that threatened to decimate access to abortion pills nationwide, the Supreme Court has hit pause on a federal appeals court’s attempt to end telemedicine and mail-order abortions. The one-paragraph SCOTUS order, issued late Thursday afternoon, means that for the foreseeable future, the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed via telehealth and sent through the mail, even to patients living in states where abortion is banned.