{"id":1991664,"date":"2023-08-05T03:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T07:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-group-challenges-abortion-pill-with-clean-water-act\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T03:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T07:22:19","slug":"anti-abortion-group-challenges-abortion-pill-with-clean-water-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-group-challenges-abortion-pill-with-clean-water-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-abortion group uses Clean Water Act to challenge abortion pill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-abortion-group-challenges-abortion-pill-with-clean-water-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1991664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Anti-Abortion Student Organization Petitions FDA to Revoke Approval of Abortion Pill<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-group-challenges-abortion-pill-with-clean-water-act\/\" title=\"Anti-abortion group uses Clean Water Act to challenge abortion pill.\">anti-abortion student organization<\/a>, Students for Life of America (SFLA), is taking\u2062 action to \u2064challenge\u200d the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone by \u200bthe Food and \u200bDrug Administration (FDA). In a bold move, SFLA has started circulating a petition calling for an assessment of\u2062 water\u2063 contamination in the country&#8217;s recreational lakes and rivers. This petition is the fourth installment \u200bof\u200d SFLA&#8217;s efforts to pressure the FDA into halting the approval\u200d of the drug.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Water\u200d Contamination<\/h3>\n<p>SFLA President Kristan Hawkins and Chief Media and Policy\u200d Strategist Kristi Hamrick have laid out their cause for concern \u200din a comprehensive 25-page document. They argue that\u200d a\u200b significant number of abortions in\u2063 America are now done chemically, resulting in the presence of chemicals, &#8220;human remains and tissue in the water systems of the country.&#8221;\u200c This raises questions about the impact on fish, animals, endangered \u200dspecies, \u200cplants, and even human beings.<\/p>\n<p>Hamrick points out \u200bthat the FDA, under\u200d President Biden&#8217;s administration, failed to conduct any \u200bchecks on\u200b the potential environmental effects\u200d of the abortion pill. All federal agencies are required to assess their actions under the National Environmental Policy Act, and SFLA is demanding\u200d that the \u2063FDA fulfill this obligation regarding\u2064 their 2000 approval of mifepristone. The\u2062 petition also invokes the Clean Water \u2062Act and the U.S. Environmental Protection \u200cAgency&#8217;s responsibility to ensure clean water, highlighting\u200c mifepristone as an example of\u200d &#8220;nonpoint source pollution&#8221; that should be \u200dsubject to\u200c EPA review.<\/p>\n<h3>Questionable\u200b FDA Review<\/h3>\n<p>SFLA&#8217;s \u2064petition raises concerns\u200b about the FDA&#8217;s review process, claiming that the agency simply accepted the findings of a study conducted by the Population Council, a \u200dleading advocate and researcher into\u2062 contraception and the abortion\u200b pill. According to Hamrick, \u200bno tests were conducted, and no precautions were taken, such as proper medical waste disposal. She argues that the Biden Administration&#8217;s decision to allow online distribution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-for-universities-that-provide-chemical-abortions-to-lose-funding\/\" title=\"Republicans Call For Universities That Provide Chemical Abortions To Lose Funding\">chemical abortion pills<\/a> during the COVID-19 pandemic has led \u2062to the government-sanctioned dumping of potentially harmful substances into the water supply.<\/p>\n<p>Hamrick \u2062confirmed that SFLA plans to take legal action against the FDA \u2064to address these concerns.<\/p>\n<h3>Environmental Impact of Pharmaceuticals<\/h3>\n<p>SFLA cites\u2064 guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians \u200dto support their claims. Both organizations warn against flushing pharmaceuticals down the toilet due to the potential for water \u200dcontamination and environmental harm.\u2064 Studies have shown \u200dthat pharmaceuticals, including \u200cestrogen from birth control \u2064pills,\u200c can enter the water stream and have adverse effects on species. The presence of \u2064estrogens in the \u2064environment has been linked\u2063 to impaired development, reproductive issues, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/common-pesticides-could-be-causing-sexual-dysphoria-robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\" title=\"Pesticides may cause Sexual Dysphoria: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\">increased breast cancer risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both \u200dthe EPA and FDA have confirmed receipt of a request for comment but have not provided any \u2064statements at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anti-abortion student group is urging the FDA to revoke approval of mifepristone, the abortion pill. Students for Life of America has launched a petition demanding an evaluation of water pollution in recreational lakes and rivers. 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