Abortion pill access sparks nationwide rallies and calls for FDA action.

Abortion rights supporters rallied in front of the Supreme Court to protest a recent ruling that would have limited access to the abortion drug mifepristone. The rally, organized by Planned Parenthood, comes just one day after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily blocked the lower court ruling. The protest is part of a nationwide series of demonstrations planned for the weekend in support of safeguarding access to abortion pills. Mifepristone is the first of a two-drug regimen, collectively known as “the abortion pill,” approved by the FDA to terminate pregnancies up to 10 weeks. Medication abortions accounted for more than half of the abortions performed in the U.S. in 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute.