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Consumers will have full access to the abortion pill mifepristone as a lawsuit works its way through the lower federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday

The high court's decision came in response to an emergency request by the U.S. Department of Justice to block lower court rulings that would severely limit access to the medication, even in some states where abortion remains legal. Mifepristone has become the flashpoint in the legal battle over abortion since the Supreme Court last summer overturned Roe v. Wade.

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