Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate abortion pill restrictions judge has suspended due to coronavirus

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate abortion pill restrictions judge has suspended due to coronavirus

Three RU-486 Mifeprex abortion pills are held in a hand December 1, 2000 in Granite City, Illinois. The Hope Center for Women is the first area abortion clinic to distribute the new pills that terminates a pregnancy. The RU-486 pill was approved in September and can be taken by women up to the seventh week of pregnancy. The drug blocks the hormone that sustains the embryo and then unhooks it from the uterine wall. (Photo by Bill Grenblatt/Liaison)Bill Grenblatt | Liaison | Hulton Archive |Getty ImagesThe Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate restrictions on an abortion medication as it appeals a federal judge's ruling that temporarily suspended those restrictions nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic.The administration's request, if granted, would again bar women from getting the