In a separate but equally consequential decision, the Supreme Court temporarily extended access to mifepristone — the widely used abortion pill — by mail. The ruling buys time for lower courts to resolve ongoing legal battles over the drug’s availability, but the temporary nature of the decision leaves reproductive-rights groups on edge. The case has become a flashpoint in America’s ongoing abortion debate, with implications for millions of women who rely on mail-order access, particularly in states with restrictive abortion laws.
Taken together, the two Supreme Court actions underscore the Court’s outsized role in shaping American social and political life, from the ballot box to the medicine cabinet.
