Supreme Court upholds mail access to abortion pill mifepristone for now

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone , setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients. The high court's decision ensures that patients nationwide will continue to have broad access to mifepristone while litigation in a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's relaxed policy for obtaining the drug brought by the …