Mifepristone detection study draws fire from Senate Democrats

Senate Democrats demanded answers Thursday from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin about an agency study to detect the abortion pill mifepristone in drinking water. 

Led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the entire Senate Democratic Conference signed a letter to Zeldin calling on him to remove mifepristone, misoprostol and their metabolites from the list of emerging contaminants targeted for surveillance. 

“This action is a stark departure from past EPA practice and serves to further this administration’s attacks on reproductive health care and distracts from your agency’s critical role protecting Americans from known chemical pollutants in our water systems,” the Democrats wrote. “It is deeply alarming that this kind of radical, anti-science campaign might have an audience at the EPA.” 

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