Senate Democrats pressure EPA to drop abortion pill water quality study
Senate Democrats are pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency to drop its study on the presence of abortion pill chemicals in the water supply, which they argue is driven by anti-abortion politics rather than sound science.
TL;DR
- Senate Democrats are pressuring the EPA to discontinue a study on abortion pill chemicals in the water.
- Democrats argue the study is politically motivated by anti-abortion agendas, not science.
- A letter was sent by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Patty Murray, and 45 other Democrats to the EPA Administrator.
- The letter urges the removal of mifepristone and misoprostol from the EPA's monitored substances in drinking water.