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US Supreme Court upholds mail-order abortion pill access
Health

US Supreme Court upholds mail-order abortion pill access

The Supreme Court has restored nationwide access to mifepristone via mail order, blocking a Louisiana lawsuit that sought to restrict the FDA's remote prescribing rules. Abortion pills are now the most common method of terminating pregnancies in the US, making the shadow-docket ruling broadly consequential.

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