Abortion-Pill Case Gets Election-Year Supreme Court Review (1)

The US Supreme Court will decide how available a widely used abortion pill will be, agreeing to hear the Biden administration’s appeal of a ruling that would bar mail-order prescriptions and require in-person doctor visits.

The case pulls the justices back into one of the nation’s most bitterly contested issues, setting up a ruling next year in the middle of the presidential campaign. It follows the high court’s 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion.

Pill-induced abortion is now the most common method for terminating a pregnancy in the US. The drug at the center of the high court ...