The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reversed a Biden-era mandate that pharmacies carry abortion drugs. 

The agency, under President Joe Biden, sent a notice to about 60,000 retail pharmacies in 2022 stipulating that they had to provide drugs as a condition of serving patients with Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded coverage.

That notice was issued in response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that sent abortion back to the states.

After a 2023 court ruling in favor of religious pharmacies that opposed the mandate, the Biden administration altered the policy. However, critics said it was still unclear if pharmacies were required to carry abortion-inducing drugs under the revised rule.

On Tuesday, HHS said it took action........

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