Justice Alito, of All People, Hands Advocates of Abortion Pill a Temporary Victory

The author of the Dobbs decision approves the Biden administration’s emergency request to stay the decision restricting access to mifepristone.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Justice Samuel Alito on October 7, 2022. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The interim order by the Supreme Court to stay until Wednesday the district court decision that would restrict access to mifepristone, a drug used in abortions, suggests that the justices want more time to mull over the government’s emergency appeal. 

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