President Joe Biden's administration has filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court, requesting its judges pause a ruling which limits the availability of an abortion pill listed by the World Health Organisation as "essential" and used in more than half of terminations in the US.
It's the first major case to reach the justices on the matter since they overturned the constitutional right to abortion in June.
Benji Hyer reports from Washington DC.
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