Good evening, there's breaking news and a big victory for the Biden administration, the

FDA and the maker of a widely used abortion medication that's been taken by millions of

women for more than two decades, Mitha Priston.

About an hour ago, we learned that a majority of justices on the Supreme Court decided

in effect that the pill will remain legal.

No restrictions on its usage will an appeal of a lower court ruling moves forward.

That ruling, by a federal judge in Texas known as an opponent of abortion, put a hold

on the federal approval of the pill by the FDA in 2000 and raised questions about the

scientific evidence provided by the FDA supporting its safety.

The fifth circuit court of appeals then froze parts of that Texas judge's ruling, but

still left significant restrictions on its distribution, it prohibited pills sent by mail, narrowed

the window of its availability, and blocked health care providers who are not doctors

from prescribing the pills.

This new ruling by the Supreme Court requested by the Biden administration removes all restrictions

while the appeals process continues.

You see, Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider joins us now with more.

So the justices had until midnight, the ruling didn't come down until well into the evening.

Do we know why?

Well, we've been waiting for this a week, Anderson, after that initial kind of extension on Wednesday

as well.

And it's likely that Justice Alito, who is the one who wrote, he needed time to maybe

write this for page to send.

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