Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

Fourteen Republican state attorneys general and 19 GOP members of Congress are urging the EPA to classify mifepristone, an abortion medication, as a water contaminant. Environmental experts state there is no evidence that mifepristone in wastewater harms humans or the environment, while the request cites a 1996 FDA statement acknowledging the drug may enter the environment but noting harmful effects are 'not anticipated.'