SCOTUS preserves access to abortion pill—for 5 days

Enlarge / Abortion rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court on April 14, 2023, in Washington, DC, speaking out against abortion pill restrictions.Getty | OLIVIER DOULIERY

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have curtailed access to the abortion medication mifepristone beginning on Saturday. The temporary block will preserve the status quo access to mifepristone for five days, or until midnight on Wednesday, giving the high court time to review emergency appeals and consider issuing a longer stay on the ruling.

The freeze is the latest turn in a fast-moving, high-stakes case over

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