Supreme Court allows abortion pill access while lawsuit proceeds
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday indefinitely extended a freeze on strict new restrictions for dispensing the widely used abortion pill mifepristone while an underlying legal fight over the drug plays out. Why it matters: The widely expected order provides legal certainty for pharmacies, telehealth companies and clinicians caught up in the latest battle over accessing the pill. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. Teleprescribing and mailing of abortion drugs now account for …


