Supreme Court pause preserves remote abortion pill access in Maine, for now

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 386

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Maine abortion providers can continue prescribing mifepristone remotely for now after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that would have blocked mail delivery of the abortion medication nationwide.

The emergency stay halts a Friday order from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana requiring that mifepristone be dispensed only in person, a restriction that would have sharply limited telehealth abortion access across the country.

Although the drug …

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