The Biden administration says powers under the Affordable Care Act can clear up any uncertainty about whether states with abortion bans can influence what medicines pharmacists dispense. But it may not be so straightforward.
Driving the news: The Department of Health and Human Services released guidance on Wednesday to clarify that pharmacies that receive federal funding cannot deny people from accessing prescribed medication that could be used to terminate a pregnancy because doing so runs afoul of anti-discrimination provisions in the ACA.
