The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

The ruling comes less than a year after the justices overturned Roe v. Wade.

The US Supreme Court has ruled on a challenge to mifepristone pills, the most common method in the US, which was brought by anti-abortion campaigners in the first abortion controversy to reach the nation's highest court since its conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court has temporarily extended women's access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication's Food and Drug Administration approval continues.

Groups push the US Supreme Court to reject Biden administration request to halt a Texas ruling limiting access to pill.

Legal experts weigh in on what to expect with the mifepristone case this week

Lawmakers from New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin decry the ruling, now on hold by supreme court until at least 19 April

On Friday, Alito placed a hold on mifepristone restrictions until Wednesday — creating a dash to up supply

The right has, for decades, relied on abortion to rally their conservative base, but now their unified policy is flagging

Samuel Alito imposes five-day stay after ruling by Texas federal judge that would have imposed restrictions on mifepristone