A Partisan Letter Out Today to the Environmental Protection Agency Asks to See Students for Life’s Communications & Tries to Undercut Concerns with Endocrine Disruptors in our Waterways

“It’s flattering, in a way, for legislators to confirm that Students for Life is having an impact on the conversation about abortion water pollution. Thanks for noticing,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “But we are challenging Democratic members to actually read our emails when they see them along with the the peer-reviewed study that is a fact check to their claims. The Democrats’ letter is categorically false. Peer-reviewed science shows mifepristone and mifepristone equivalents are in the water. Studies in other countries show the same. So, enjoy learning more about what Americans are exposed to because of the reckless policies forced forward by the Clinton, Obama, and Biden Administrations. We always welcome converts to our cause. But, you don’t have to be pro-life to want clean drinking water.”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-15-2026) – Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins noted that the issue of abortion is alive and well in this election cycle as the entire Democrat Party’s U.S. Senate Caucus took time to complain to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the agency’s interest in simply learning more about abortion water pollution. Hawkins observed: “Logic alone would indicate that if you dump more than 50 tons of pathological medical waste into our drinking water every year for 20 years, problems could result. Hospitals and brick-and-mortar abortion vendors can’t do that, so why are we ignoring a potential environmental crisis with chemical abortion pills? Is it because Democrats have been more loyal to the abortion lobby than to their Green Agenda? Sad isn’t it that the Democrats don’t care about babies’ lives lost, or that chemical abortion pills expose women to injury, infertility, and death, as well as abusers who love the easy access to the deadly drugs. Now, we know they don’t care much about water safety either, if they are willing to oppose simple testing.” 

In addition to advocacy at the EPA, Students for Life has been working on federal agency policy for the last few years and has led the pro-life movement’s effort to ask for a real review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of chemical abortion pill policy, including environmental concerns. In fact, Students for Life of America (SFLA) recently filed a Notice of Intent to sue the FDA for the failure to comply with the “Endangered Species Act.”

LEARN MORE: Students for Life Files Notice of Intent to Sue the FDA for Failures to Follow the “Endangered Species Act” & Permitting Reckless Distribution of Chemical Abortion Pills

LEARN MORE: 11 Citizen Petitions to the FDA on dangers of chemical abortion pills

LEARN MORE: Peer-Reviewed Study Out: Testing Shows Abortion Drug Mifepristone In Drinking Water

SFLA Vice President of Media & Policy Kristi Hamrick has been a project lead at the EPA, twice testifying that water testing is vital to understand the scope of abortion water pollution, especially in light of the peer-reviewed water study submitted to the EPA during our advocacy on the “Safe Drinking Water Act.”

Hamrick noted, “It isn’t a secret that Students for Life believes that the risks of being microdosed by an endocrine blocker in our drinking water need to be studied. Mifepristone and mifepristone equivalents carry risks to human beings, aquatic, and animal life. The real issue is whether our federal government will continue to ignore the environmental impact of federal abortion policy. The law says you can’t do that, and for those trying to get and stay pregnant, the scope of abortion water pollution is important to know. But for the U.S. Senators who have suddenly showing an interest in the deadly impact of abortion policy, we pulled some reading for you here.”

LEARN MORE:

• Students for Life Calls a Proposed EPA Study to Detect Mifepristone & Misoprostol in America’s Drinking Water, Among Other Contaminants, “A Victory for Common Sense”
• WHAT’S IN THE WATER: Students for Life Files Comment Calling for EPA to Add Progesterone-Blocking Mifepristone to EPA’s List of Contaminants Set for Tracking
• She Proved Mifepristone is In Our Water. Now, She’s Telling the FDA to Take the Health Risks Seriously: Dr. Elise Rose in Washington Examiner
• Students for Life to FDA: Any Chemical Abortion Pill Review that Does Not Include Environmental Review Will be an “Epic Fail”
• The EPA Must Investigate Our Water “Tainted by Pharmaceuticals:” Kristi Hamrick in The Federalist
• Students for Life Applauds 14 State Attorneys General Calling on the EPA to Track Abortion Water Pollution: “You don’t have to be Pro-Life to want Clean Drinking Water”
• To Address Possible Causes of Infertility, the EPA Must Look at Chemical Abortion Pills in Our Water: Kristan Hawkins at the Washington Examiner

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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 1,700 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 20 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.