us from the united states and all around the world and leila rock, the u. s. supreme court delivers a win for abortion rights supporters and protects access to a widely used abortion pill. and fighting mars the latest ceasefire in sudan as countries way options to evacuate their citizens. and it s earth day will look at one man s quest to tackle what he calls the godzilla of climate change. man made carbon gasses. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila horak. in a striking victory for the biden administration and abortion rights supporters across the united states supreme court has moved to protect access to a commonly used drug for abortion and miscarriage. well at least for now. cnn s emily schmidt has details on what the court ruling means. all friday. all eyes were on the u. s supreme court each minute a minute closer to a decision about an abortion drug , which has been safely used for more than two decades. the decision when it came was to protect access to a
valencia. thanks so much. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield. a new legal battle is taking shape after the u. s supreme court issues a last minute order to protect a common abortion drug court deciding last night to freeze a lower court s ruling that place restrictions on the drug press town, the pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related dispute since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case, meaning it could be weeks or months before a final decision is made. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue has more. fredricka the biden administration is relieved lower courts had put significant restrictions on this key abortion drug. the government and manufacturers had raced to the supreme court, asking the justices to put those rulings on hold. while the appeals process plays out, which co
diamond at the white house. and this is cnn. closed captioning brought to you by meso book .com. we offer a free book on mesothelioma call for the free book and receive so much more call 1 808 31 37 100. you re back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta and washington. we begin this hour with the supreme court opening a new round in the escalating legal battle over abortion. last night, the high court blocked rulings by lower chords that placed restrictions on the commonly used abortion pill, medford crestone. it has been used by millions of women over the two decades. it s been on the market the late night decision. sends the case back down to the fifth, sick it a circuit court of appeals and delivers a temporary victory to those concerned about abortion rights 10 months after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade for 49 years, legalized abortion was the law of the land in the united states. some states had restrictions on how and when abortions could happen, but f
the justices do not granted biden administration request. those restrictions will go into place at 11 59 tonight, so grant or deny or do something in between, and the biden administration says if the justices try to get fancy with some regulations and not other regulations, they ll just be creating havoc across the country for not just this abortion medication. but for all fda approval of existing and new drugs, jake just quickly is it possible that they did come to a conclusion and they just want to get the hell out of town before releasing it. it s possible, though, that they did come to a conclusion and someone is writing they could have five justices already for either grant or deny and someone who is angry about how that outcome is going, is writing a dissenting statement, and i have known times with the justices went frankly. 2123 a. m in the morning waiting for that descent , but tonight they can only go to 11 59. and if somebody is indeed writing descent to a five jus
any moment now the supreme court could issue a ruling about a long used abortion medication that will have far reaching impacts in this country. justices are up against a midnight deadline. we re on top of it, plus a major misfire, a russian warplane mistakenly drops a bomb on russia. the bomb so powerful it blew up car onto a roof. this happening is vladimir putin s war pushes ukraine closer to the west president zelensky now accepting an invitation to this summer s nato summer and the canadian cargo caper thieves make off with $15 million worth of gold and valuables from toronto s airport. and investigators are stumped, recovering all the major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. a blockbuster decision is expected at any moment about how this cancer country handles cristo. that s the pill most commonly used for inducing at home abortions and for treating miscarriages. supreme court set the deadline of 11:59 p.m. eastern time tonight to iss