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US Supreme Court to hear case on abortion pill access

Decision sets up another potentially landmark ruling on reproductive rights as the country prepares for 2024 election

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will decide the availability of abortion pills, teeing up another legal battle over reproductive rights that will be heard as the country prepares for its next presidential election.

The high court on Wednesday agreed to hear an appeal against lower court decisions that limited access to abortion pills containing mifepristone, which account for more than half of abortions in the US.

The decision is the latest twist in legal wrangling between anti-abortion campaigners, the Biden administration and the pharmaceutical industry over the regulatory standing of mifepristone.

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