RFK Jr.’s EPA capitulates to anti-abortionists, authorizes study of safe abortion pills which activists falsely claim are “poisoning” our water supply Jenae Barnes | October 20, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/20/rfk-jr-s-epa-capitulates-to-anti-abortion-activists-authorizes-study-of-safe-abortion-pills-mifepristone-and-misoprostol-which-they-claim-are-poisoning-americas-w/ After pressure from anti-abortion advocates, Republican lawmakers and state officials, the Environmental Protection Agency announced this month that it will launch a study to test for trace amounts of abortion pills as a water contaminant in multiple cities. Scientists say there’s no evidence that mifepristone and misoprostol, the two-drug regimen that is highly effective in ending a pregnancy, harms the environment or people.