State Abortion Law Questions Persist With Justices’ Pill Ruling

A US Supreme Court decision maintaining access to the abortion drug mifepristone complicates a debate on how much say the federal government can have in how states regulate reproductive care, attorneys said.

In a unanimous decision by the court Thursday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act doesn’t force physicians to “perform abortions or provide abortion-related medical treatment over their conscience objections.” Kavanaugh agreed with what he called the Biden administration’s view of the law.

Kavanaugh’s statement comes as the administration has sought to assert federal abortion protections over state restrictions on the procedure. The ...