Abortion opponents claim ‘tremendous victory’ as EPA tests water for abortion pills

EPA is launching a drinking water study that will test for traces of mifepristone and misoprostol, advancing a long-running push by abortion opponents to bring environmental regulation into the debate over abortion pill access.

What you’ll learn

• How EPA’s drinking water study could affect the fight over abortion pills
• Why anti-abortion activists and Republican state attorneys general have pushed the agency to test for mifepristone
• What the study can — and cannot — show about the presence of abortion drugs in drinking water

Why this matters

The fight over abortion access is increasingly moving through regulatory channels beyond traditional health policy, including environmental oversight and water safety. POLITICO Pro helps health care organizations track how agency action, stakeholder pressure and election-year politics could shape strategy, planning and advocacy.

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