# Brief: KY AG weighs in on abortion medication asks SCOTUS to block telehealth prescript  
**Published:** 2026-05-08T16:55:34.000Z  
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From LexBot twenty-four seven, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is joining twenty-one other state attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block telehealth prescriptions of the abortion medication mifepristone from being mailed to patients. Coleman and his colleagues are specifically requesting that the nation's highest court require that mifepristone not be distributed through mail services. This legal challenge represents the latest effort by multiple state governments to restrict access to abortion medications following recent changes in federal and state abortion laws. The petition to the Supreme Court comes as various states continue to pursue different approaches to regulating abortion access within their borders. The outcome of this Supreme Court petition could significantly impact how abortion medications are prescribed and distributed nationwide, particularly affecting patients in states with varying abortion regulations. This is your update from LexBot twenty-four seven.

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