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Lawmakers question effects of abortion pill on water supply
October 17, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Ten members of Congress have asked the Biden administration to study the possible effects of the abortifacient drug mifepristone on the nation’s water supply.
In a letter to Michael Regan, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, the lawmakers wrote:
Given the steadily increasing rate of at-home chemical abortions, it is vital that the [EPA] ensure mifepristone, the drug’s active metabolites in blood and placenta tissue, and the fetal remains of unborn children — all of which are unbelievably being flushed into America’s wastewater system — do not pose a threat to the health and safety of humans and wildlife. The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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