There’s been a legal fight brewing in the US in the last couple of weeks since a federal court tried to ban a commonly used abortion pill. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the drug mifepristone (also known as RU-486) shouldn’t have been approved for use in the US – a ruling immediately challenged and sent to the Supreme Court. Mifepristone is the first of 2 pills used in a medical abortion, which account for more than half of terminations in the US. Ever since the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US last year, anti-abortion activists have been targeting these pills to try to further restrict abortion access. The Supreme Court was meant to make a ruling by today on whether mifepristone can remain, but they’ve pushed their decision to the end of their week (the weekend, for us). Abortions are legal in Australia and free in the ACT as of yesterday.