Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Pill Challenge in March

Involving relaxed restrictions on mifepristone (RU-486) , this is the most important abortion-related case since the June 2022 Dobbs ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Jan. 4, 2024. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a challenge to regulations governing the use of the abortion pill mifepristone.

The highly anticipated hearing will take place on March 26, the court announced on Jan. 29. The court granted the petition for certiorari, or review, in the case on Dec. 13, 2023.