The administration of US President Joe Biden has asked the top court in the United States to block limits set by a lower court on access to abortion pills, as Washington seeks to protect reproductive rights in the face of growing restrictions enacted by Republican-led states.The Department of Justice filed an emergency request on Friday asking the Supreme Court justices to put on hold a ruling by US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas.That decision would significantly restrict the distribution of mifepristone while litigation in the challenge by anti-abortion rights groups to the pill’s regulatory approval proceeds.
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