U.S. Supreme Court's Alito pauses curbs on abortion pill
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily halted lower court rulings that would have imposed restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, giving more time for justices to consider the case following the Biden administration's request for a longer delay.
The so-called administrative stay comes hours before restrictions on mifepristone were set to go into effect on Saturday at 1 a.m. ET and will last until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
Alito's five-day stay comes after the U.S. Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, the pill's manufacturer, filed emergency requests on Friday seeking an injunction on an April 07 ruling by Texas-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.

In February, pharmacy chains including Walgreens (NASDAQ:WBA), CVS (NYSE:CVS), and Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) came under lawmaker scrutiny over the retail distribution of mifepristone, which in combination with another drug called misoprostol, accounts for more than half of all U.S. abortions.