He also supports protecting a doctor’s ability to prescribe medication abortion via telehealth to reach patients across the country, including in rural communities.
Protect the ability of doctors to prescribe medication abortion via telehealth.
Occurrences
Evidence
On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court granted a stay of the Fifth Circuit’s May 1 order, leaving the temporary mail-and-telehealth access pathway for mifepristone in place while the appeal continued.
The appendix to the brief lists Rep. Rick Larsen among the 259 Members of Congress supporting a stay or vacatur of the Fifth Circuit ruling that would have restricted mifepristone access by mail and telehealth.
Assessments
Larsen took a concrete pro-access action by joining an amicus brief supporting continued mail and telehealth access to mifepristone, which shows material effort to protect the policy. But the cited federal outcome is only a temporary Supreme Court stay from May 14, 2026 that preserved access while litigation continues, not a durable legislative or executive delivery attributable to Larsen. Because the protection remained contingent and unsettled during his current term, the promise is best judged as unresolved rather than fully delivered or definitively failed.