The court affirmed the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. In a 9-0 decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the justices found that the plaintiffs of a lawsuit that sought to pull the drug off the market lacked standing.
The Supreme Court's decision puts an end to a tangle of legal disputes in the lower courts that has caused widespread confusion over the legal status of mifepristone. It means that the drug will remain legal to use in states that permit abortion and can continue to be distributed by mail.
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