Supreme Court Delays Decision on Challenges to Abortion Pill

 The justices were supposed to consider three related petitions on Dec. 8, but failed to make a decision in the closely watched cases on Dec. 11.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 16, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court failed on Dec. 11 to take up or reject a much-anticipated, heavily-litigated challenge to the government’s decision in 2000 to approve mifepristone, a pill used for abortions, putting off the court’s decision for the time being.

Although a lower court had blocked the sale of mifepristone, the Supreme Court countermanded that order in April, allowing sales to continue, at least for the time being.