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Lawmakers from both the House and the Senate have sent a letter<\/a> calling on the Biden administration to study the environmental impact of the abortion pill.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), U.S. Representative Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), and colleagues sent a letter to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Michael Regan asking the EPA to look into the impact of the abortion pill drug mifepristone on the country\u2019s water. The senders note that these considerations are vital, given the skyrocketing use<\/a> of the abortion pill.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the steadily increasing rate of at-home chemical abortions, it is vital that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ensure mifepristone, the drug\u2019s active metabolites in blood and placenta tissue, and the fetal remains of unborn children \u2014 all of which are unbelievably being flushed into America\u2019s wastewater system \u2014 do not pose a threat to the health and safety of humans and wildlife,\u201d they wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The abortion pill regimen is a process in which a woman self-administers a chemical abortion using a two-step combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. The natural result of the process is that she <\/span>delivers a dead baby <\/span><\/i>\u2013 usually at home. In most cases, the baby\u2019s remains are flushed down the toilet. To date, there have been no studies to determine what impact both the fetal tissue and the abortion drugs have on the environment once the child is flushed away. The authors of the letter are calling on the EPA to study these potential impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Man charged for allegedly tricking pregnant ex to take abortion-inducing drug<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEnvironmental protection efforts are necessary to counter the potential harm that chemical abortion drugs are creating for our people, wildlife, and ecosystems. The American people deserve to know the negative effects caused by chemical abortion drugs,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

They also note that the environmental impact of the abortion pill \u201chas never been sufficiently studied,\u201d adding that when the drug was first approved in 2000, that approval was based on a 1996 environmental assessment that didn\u2019t consider the impact of fetal remains on the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAny studies that have been conducted in the past should be repeated and updated to reflect the fact that the drug is far more prevalent today than it was three decades ago,\u201d the lawmakers said. <\/span>They have called on the EPA to respond as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to Rubio and Breechen, signees include <\/span>U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representatives Matt Rosendale (R-Md.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), and Jim Banks (R-Ind.).<\/span><\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers from both the House and the Senate have sent a letter calling on the Biden administration to study the environmental impact of the abortion pill. 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