“We write with regard to the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and its potential … effect on water systems in the United States,” the lawmakers stated in a Wednesday letter addressed to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan:
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. …
