WASHINGTON - The legal push in some Republican-controlled states to restrict abortion rights was set back Monday when the Supreme Court declined to hear Oklahoma's appeal seeking to reinstate a law that effectively banned the use of abortion-inducing drugs. The court's decision was a surprise victory for abortion-rights groups and was seen as a sign that while conservative justices may be open to giving states new powers to restrict abortion, they are not ready to impose sweeping new limits that would significantly interfere with women's constitutionally protected rights. It was only the first round in a new Supreme Court term during which at least two other key cases on abortion rights...
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