Drug company Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review the case challenging the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Danco, which distributes the abortion pill, wants the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court ruling.
Danco's request for the Supreme Court to take up the case comes nearly 15 months after the court's conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that protected abortion as a constitutional right.
Four justices have to agree to take up the abortion pill case.
The U.S. Department of Justice is also expected to ask the high court to review the case.
Persons:
Roe, Wade
Organizations:
Danco Laboratories, U.S ., Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S . Department of Justice