The Supreme Court issued an order Friday keeping federal rules in place for using the abortion drug mifepristone while the issue moves through the court system.
The high court decided to block restrictions ordered by lower courts as the case against mifepristone, a drug used to perform abortions, heads to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is slated to hear arguments in the case in mid-May.
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