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Maya Yang

Democratic states stockpile abortion pills as legal fight for access looms

Abortion rights protesters outside the supreme court.
The case continues to wind through America’s court system and remains challenged by anti-abortion groups. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Despite a reprieve by the US supreme court, a growing number of Democratic states are stockpiling abortion pills as the legal fight for access to the abortion drug mifepristone is set to continue.

On Friday, the supreme court decided to temporarily block a lower court ruling that would have significantly restricted the availability of mifepristone, an FDA-approved abortion medication.

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