Boxes of Mifepristone
Boxes of Mifepristone, a medication used in abortions.
  • The Supreme Court gave itself more time to consider whether to allow restrictions on abortion pill mifepristone to take effect.
  • Justice Samuel Alito indicated the court will act by Friday night, but didn't explain why the court put off a more lasting decision.
  • Legal challenges to mifepristone's FDA approval continue.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has temporarily extended access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication's Food and Drug Administration approval continues.