US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill
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Biden welcomes ruling and rebukes ‘extreme and dangerous agenda’ attacks on reproductive rights by Republican officials.
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to curb access to a drug used in abortions, ending an attempt by abortion opponents to limit access to the procedure.
In a 9-0 ruling on Thursday, the justices overturned a lower court’s decision last year to limit access to the drug mifepristone, used in more than half of abortions in the country.
The Food and Drug Administration had taken steps in 2016 and 2021 to ease how the pill is prescribed and distributed.
The pill, given FDA regulatory approval in 2000, is used in more than 60 percent of US abortions, according to a recent study.
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court in 2022 overturned a key ruling that granted the right to abortion, sparking outrage from women’s rights advocates and Democrats.
