WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court initially gave itself a deadline of Wednesday to decide whether women seeking access to a widely used abortion pill would face more restrictions while a court case plays out.
But on the day of the highly anticipated decision the justices had only this to say: We need more time.In a one-sentence order, the court said it now expects to act by Friday evening.
There was no explanation of the reason for the delay.The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court's conservative majority overturned Roe v.
Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.The following is a look at the drug at issue in the new case, how the case got to the nation's highest court and what the delay might say about what's going on.___Mifepristone was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration more than two decades ago.