Court freezes ruling on abortion-pill access, preserving mifepristone status quo

The Supreme Court temporarily blocks a lower-court decision that would have restricted nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, keeping current federal rules in place at least until May 11 while it weighs emergency requests from drug makers; the case centers on whether the Biden administration’s Covid-era rules that eased dispensing should stand and how it affects in-person versus mailed access.