Abortion Drug Still Vulnerable Despite Supreme Court Ruling (1)

A unanimous US Supreme Court nixed a challenge to government rules that made an abortion drug easier to get, but that doesn’t mean the drug is safe from future attacks.

Several Republican-led states are primed to pick up the mantle after the nine justices agreed Thursday the anti-abortion doctors that brought the case didn’t have the authority, or standing, to sue over the Food and Drug Administration’s actions.

Notably, Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas have already intervened in the case before the district court, alleging their own unique harms. The states claim their residents are suffering serious medical complications that require ...