Supreme Court Maintains Access to Abortion Pill Amid Ongoing Legal Battles

The US Supreme Court has blocked new restrictions on the widely used abortion pill, mifepristone, which would have limited its availability while litigation proceeds in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to the pill's federal regulatory approval. The decision was welcomed by President Joe Biden as his administration defends broad access to the drug in the latest fierce legal battle over reproductive rights in the United States. The case now returns to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is set to hear arguments on May 17.