“Rumors of what the Biden Administration may do with the remains of their power in the last days of this failed Presidency include trying to rush FDA approval for a ludicrous misuse of Chemical Abortion Pills tied to miscarriages,” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “It’s cruel to imply that a killer pill designed to deliberately starve a living child in the womb would be labeled for treating a mother whose own child has died. But it’s not logic or compassion driving Planned Parenthood’s home team; it’s a commitment to getting deadly pills in every pharmacy in America.”

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WASHINGTON D.C. (12-18-2024) –Students for Life of America (SFLA) has filed a fifth citizen petition with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) demanding that plans to force relabeling of RU-486 for a new and illogical purpose halt immediately given the Clinton, Obama, and Biden Administration’s absolute and repeated failures to follow environmental laws to protect clean drinking water, endangered species, and all life from their Chemical Abortion Pill policies. The latest petition asks that the FDA “refrain from modifying the approved use of Mifepristone to include miscarriage care because of the FDA’s failure to comply with the requirements of the (Clean Water Act) CWA and (Endangered Species Act) ESA when it proposed to take the original action, this action, and to require that prescribers include a Medical Waste bag and Catch-Kit with all Mifepristone prescriptions.”

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“President Trump identified abusive weaponized agencies as an issue in his campaign and nowhere is that more obvious than on Chemical Abortion Pill policies. Three Democratic Party Presidents forced the pills onto the market and then deregulated them, an absolute gift to Big Abortion Pharma,” said SFLA President Kristan Hawkins. “Our Federal Government never did any testing of the environmental impact, but instead, Bill Clinton’s FDA accepted, in 2000, an environmental assessment from 1996 submitted by the Population Council, which stood to profit from Chemical Abortion Pill sales. As Chemical Abortion Pills were deregulated, FIVE TIMES the FDA failed to show that endangered species have not been harmed by now hundreds of thousands of human remains along with chemically tainted blood and placenta tissue. Can you name another business that is allowed to just flush away its medical waste?” 

“Planned Parenthood and company got a political gift from the one party they fight for, in de facto permission to pollute. Hospitals and brick-and-mortar abortion vendors can’t flush chemically tainted blood, placenta tissue, and human remains down the drain. 

“This citizen petition represents a stop sign to the abortion industry’s plans, gifted by Democrats, at the expense of everyone who wants to know that our water is safe. And once a new administration is in place, the Pro-Life Generation asks President-elect Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the entire Trump team to do the work that the Democratic Party never did, protect drinking water, the environment, endangered species, women, and yes, the preborn, from recklessly approved and distributed abortion pills.” 

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EPA should track chemicals in the medical waste of abortion to ensure America’s waterways are safe

Highlighting the environmental concerns with Chemical Abortion Pills is a battle that SFLA and our sister organization, Students for Life Action (SFLAction), have been fighting for a long time: 

• SFLAction submitted a letter to Congress, alongside forty other pro-life leaders, to demand the EPA conduct regular and comprehensive environmental testing of PFAs just like any other “forever chemical.”  
• We also submitted a legal analysis to the EPA with detailed reasons to track Chemical Abortion Pills. 
• SFLAfiled an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court for the S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.
• In multiple states, SFLAction has lobbied to introduce and ensure passage of laws that would protect the environment from pollutants in Chemical Abortion Pills.
• Additionally, we submitted four petitions to the FDA demanding they:
  • Add Red Bag Medical Waste requirements to reduce Chemical Abortion Pill pollution.
  • Restore high health and safety standards (known as REMS – Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) to protect women’s lives.
  • Complete studies to ensure protection for endangered species.
  • Comply with the Clean Water Act by requiring protection for water, especially recreational water.
  • And now, halt the relabeling of Chemical Abortion Pills.

SFLAalso launched the What’s In The Water? Campaign to illustrate the full scope and impact of the damage that Chemical Abortion Pill pollutants in the wastewater can cause. 

In 2024, SFLA’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement/YouGov poll found that more than nine in 10 registered youth voters supported health and safety standards for the deadly drugs as well as environmental protections.  

IN 2025: In the coming legislative sessions – both state and federal – SFLAction created a Post-Roe Roadmap, with legislation designed to address the fine print of the Chemical Abortion Pill policy. Even in states with a ballot initiative law in place, no right to harm women and the environment exists.

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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,500 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve  the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.