A federal court blocked a widely used abortion pill from distribution by mail. Here’s what to know
In the biggest jolt to abortion policy in the U.S. since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common ways to end early pregnancies, by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions. The unanimous ruling Friday from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of…