Supreme Court rules abortion pill mifepristone will remain broadly available amid legal battle
medication. The order comes one week after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have reinstated outdated restrictions on the drug.
Had the court sided with the anti-abortion advocates who brought the case, it could have ordered the FDA to rescind its approval of mifepristone, forcing medical providers in states where abortion remains legal to resort to other, less effective methods for early termination.
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