Supreme Court’s Alito Temporarily Pauses Curbs on Abortion Pill
- Justice’s administrative stay extends until next Wednesday
- Order comes hours before court-imposed curbs were to kick in
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Justice Samuel Alito put a five-day hold on new court-imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion drug, giving the US Supreme Court more time to decide how to handle the Biden administration’s request for a longer delay.
The administrative stay comes hours before the restrictions on mifepristone were set to take effect. Administrative stays are designed to preserve the status quo for a short period, not to suggest any views on the merits of a case.