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Matthew Rozsa

Abortion pill case deadline extended

On Friday, April 21, the Supreme Court ruled on this case; read the update here.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced that it might need until the end of this week to decide the fate of mifepristone, a drug that comes in the form of a pill used by millions to terminate early pregnancies. Their ruling could result in the ban of the drug, which would mean that medication abortions involving mifepristone would be de facto outlawed in the United States. Currently, medication abortions involving mifepristone account for more than half of all abortions performed in the United States.

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