Comment: The article reports on efforts by Sen. Ron Wyden to get information from the federal EPA on a recent recommendation that groundwater and wastewater be tested for levels of birth control pill and abortion medications. Sen. Wyden asserts that the move by the EPA is laying the groundwork for federal restrictions on reproductive health care under the guise of “drinking water safety.”
April 22, 2026 – HuffPost- Alanna Vagianos – Link
Excerpt: ““We see exactly what your goal is with regard to the 60-day public comment period on drinking water contaminants, despite the fact that this is not formal rulemaking,” Wyden wrote. “By opening the door for extremists to flood the agency with demands to target mifepristone, the EPA is actively conspiring to do what right-wing fanatics have repeatedly failed to do in the courts, the FDA, and the halls of Congress: strip away access to the medication used in more than two thirds of abortions nationwide.”
Additional sources:
Guttmacher Institute: Weaponizing Water: How the Campaign Against Medication Abortion Co-opts Environmental Policy – Link