CNN —
The Supreme Court is once again being asked to make a major ruling on abortion in an election year.
A manufacturer of the widely used abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court ruling that, if allowed to go into effect, would restrict access to the drug.
The filing obtained by CNN that means that the justices could finally decide the long-running abortion-related dispute next summer, putting the court in the middle of US presidential and congressional politics.
As things stand, mifepristone remains available and not subject to restrictions the lower courts have said should be
