(Salem, OR) -- Oregon is one of nearly two-dozen states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt an appeals court ruling that stopped shipments of the abortion drug mifepristone through the mail. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 22 states yesterday in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the court's nationwide ban on distributing mifepristone through the mail. The Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling yesterday pausing the appeals court's ruling until next Monday to give the justices more time to consider the issue. Governor Tina Kotek calls Friday's ruling by the appeals court dangerous, saying it threatens Oregonians ability to access health care, especially for people in rural Oregon with limited resources to receive medical care.