USA TODAY has contacted Costco for more information on the decision, but the company told Reuters that patients normally get the drug from doctors.

Kroger said it was reviewing the FDA's updated mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) drug safety program, while CVS told Reuters that it fills "prescriptions for mifepristone in select states where legally permissible."

The grocery giant was pressured by antiabortion groups not to carry mifepristone as medication abortion gains popularity in the U.S.