Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill

The court found that anti-abortion doctors who questioned the FDA’s easing of access to the pill did not have legal standing to sue.

In a blow for anti-abortion advocates, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, meaning the commonly used drug can remain widely available.

The court found unanimously that the group of anti-abortion doctors who questioned the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions making it easier to access the pill did not have legal standing to sue.