Anti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant. Scientists say there’s no evidence it harms the environment or people.
While there is no scientific evidence that abortion medication is contaminating Americans’ water supply, it has nonetheless become a central claim by the anti-abortion movement. Activists, Instagram influencers and Republican Party officials — including state and federal lawmakers — are doubling down on what experts describe as a disinformation campaign that mixes environmental policy and reproductive rights, and risks exploiting legitimate concerns about clean water.
Im in no way under the impression that either side is sincere. Infact my argument is the exact opposite. My argument is that this is a deliberately designed dance between the so called “left” and “right” designed by the people who lobby both sides as a means of taking one topic and making it about another topic that benefits them.
As long as people are stuck arguing about which drugs we should be testing the water for an why then they can continue to ignore the actual problem: there are multiple substances in water supplies across the US that shouldnt be there.