Supreme Court’s Handling of Abortion Case Embraces Past Practice

The US Supreme Court seemed to return to its normal course of business for dealing with emergency requests when it put lower court decisions on hold that had restricted access to a key abortion drug.

In a 7-2 decision on Friday night, the justices halted a Texas court ruling that would’ve curbed the use of medicine-induced abortion for early term abortions.

Alliance Defending Freedom’s Erik Baptist, who represents the group challenging the FDA’s approval, called the court’s order “common practice.”

But it’s also a change from what’s become the norm in recent terms for how the court has dealt with ...