Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill

 (CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage.

As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the drug mifepristone and subsequent actions that made it more easily accessible will remain in place while appeals play out -- potentially for months to come.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito publicly dissented.

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