ADVERTISEMENT The United States has become a patchwork of abortion access, with every state setting its own rules – and clinics are pushing legal boundaries to reach women in states where abortion is banned. Now, that system faces a major test. Every month, thousands of American women thwart abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to prescribe abortion medicines online and ship them anywhere in the country. Whether this is legal, though, is a matter of debate.