Supreme Court Delays Decision on Challenges to Abortion Pill

Published on December 12, 2023

The Supreme Court failed on Dec. 11 to take up or reject a much-anticipated, heavily-litigated challenge to the government’s decision in 2000 to approve mifepristone, a pill used for abortions, putting off the court’s decision for the time being. Although a lower court had blocked the sale of mifepristone, the Supreme Court countermanded that order in April, allowing sales to continue, at least for the time being. The justices were scheduled to consider petitions in the three related cases at their private conference on Dec. 8, but did not include the cases in a list of orders the court released on Dec. 11....

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