PILLS GAIN GROUND States that banned procedure turn their attention to medication GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Mar 31, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 0 1 of 2 Above: anti-abortion activists rally Jan. 23 outside the u.s. supreme court in Washington during the March for Life. . ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Left: an abortion-ights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills during a March 26, 2024, rally outside the supreme court Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ABORTIONkAmpD DE2E6D E92E 32??65 23@CE:@? =@@< E@ 7FCE96C C6DEC:4E 2446DD E9:D J62C[ >F49 @7 E96 7@4FD :D @? A:==D D6?E 3J @FE\@7\DE2E6 AC@G:56CD] $FCG6J C6DF=EDk^AmkAmp vFEE>2496C x?DE:EFE6 DFCG6J C6=62D65 |2C49 ac DF886DED E92E :? a_ad[ 7@C E96 7:CDE E:>6[ >@C6 H@>6? :? E96 `b DE2E6D E92E 32? 23@CE:@? 2E 2== DE286D @7 AC68?2?4J @3E2:?65 A:==D E9C@F89 E6=6962=E9 E92? EC2G6=65 E@ DE2E6D H96C6 23@CE:@? :D =682=]k^AmkAm%96 AC6D4C:AE:@?D 42>6 7C@> AC@G:56CD :? 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