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Editorial: This Supreme Court decision should be easy — keep medication abortion accessible

The U.S. Supreme Court building on Jan. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

The fate of the most commonly used abortion method in the U.S., and a prime target of antiabortion politicians and activists, is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2022, the court took away the constitutional right to abortion by overturning Roe vs. Wade and created a chaotic patchwork of abortion access in this country.

Now the issues before the court involve the most commonly used abortion method — medication abortion with the drug mifepristone — and whether

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