The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S. Abortion opponents want the high court in arguments Tuesday to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called mifepristone, which was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions last year.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States.

One of the most widely used treatments for miscarriage is in jeopardy.

The legal challenge to mifepristone now returns to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

On Friday, the Supreme Court temporarily kept in place federal rules for the use of an abortion drug while it takes time to fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge.

The U.S. Supreme Court originally planned to weigh in on the abortion pill case by Wednesday night, but extended the hold on the Amarillo ruling until Friday at midnight.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo could potentially upend access to medication abortion nationwide.

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

A conservative judge in Texas has raised questions about an effort to overturn the decades-old approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country’s most common method to end pregnancies.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is withdrawing a $54 million contract with Walgreens.