Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the court in downtown Washington as the nine justices began hearing oral arguments in a case involving access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
The conservative-dominated court overturned the constitutional right to abortion nearly two years ago and anti-abortion groups are seeking to have mifepristone banned, claiming that despite its long track record it is unsafe. The nation's highest court, where conservatives wield a 6-3 majority, froze the rulings by the lower court and the drug remains on the market for the time being.
The appeals court decision would roll back the legal limit for use of mifepristone to seven weeks, block it from being delivered by mail and require the pill to be prescribed and administered by a doctor. The actual number is likely higher, the institute said, because the figures do not take into account self-managed medication abortions outside the health care system or pills mailed to women in states where abortion is banned entirely.
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