Costco will not dispense a key abortion pill at its pharmacies, a long-awaited win for conservatives trying to limit access to medication abortion.

For more than a year, Costco deliberated over whether to become certified to dispense mifepristone, the drug used first in the typical two-step regimen for a medication abortion. The procedure, often easier and cheaper than the surgical alternative, is the option women in America most frequently choose to end pregnancies.

Costco received pressure from groups on both sides of the issue, many of them investors in the nationwide grocery giant. The company’s decision not to sell the pill, first reported by Bloomberg, is a victory for antiabortion advocates — but a narrow one.

Despite lawsuits and letters pleading to lawmakers, their campaign to

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