The Pentagon has scrapped a controversial Biden administration directive that allowed service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member needed to go to another state for an abortion.

Sarah Moore, deputy director of the Defense Travel Management Office, issued a memo Wednesday, according to The Hill, which strikes paragraph 033013 from the Pentagon’s Joint Travel Regulations that allowed service members “to access lawfully available noncovered reproductive healthcare regardless of where they are stationed.” The memo said the change took effect Tuesday.

Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued the controversial directive in October 2022, providing travel funds and support for service members and their dependents who seek abortions and are based in states where the practice is restricted. The move came following the Supreme Court’s decision in June 2022 that ended the federal right to an abortion.

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