Category: Environment
NO BRAINER: The EPA SHOULD Track Chemical Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Our Water
Kristi Hamrick | August 13, 2026
Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) groundbreaking peer-reviewed study proved that the chemical abortion pill mifepristone is in our drinking water. Now, it’s time for the government to get it out. Every 5 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes a Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), which identifies water contaminants that should be tracked and regulated by the government in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The EPA is in the process of making a new list. Their current draft does not include mifepristone. I recently testified
REALITY CHECK FOR BIG ABORTION: Polling Proves America Doesn’t Trust Chemical Abortion Pills
Olivia D'Angelo | August 5, 2026
The abortion industry is scrambling to convince the public the Chemical Abortion Pill mifepristone is safe, but after so many have experienced the horrors, many are not buying it — and they shouldn’t. A new poll conducted by the pro-abortion Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) shows that while many are familiar with the Chemical Abortion Pill, very few trust that mifepristone is safe. Over half of the respondents could not call mifepristone

FACT CHECK: Jessica Valenti Again Misses the Mark on Mifepristone in Our Water
Olivia D'Angelo | July 31, 2026
Pro-Abortion propagandist Jessica Valenti published an attempted takedown of Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) recently published peer-reviewed study showing that the Chemical Abortion Pill mifepristone is present in our waterways. Sadly for Valenti, though not surprising perhaps to her regular readers, she failed. Let’s address her argument against our study point-by-point. Claim #1: SFLA “didn’t even test for” mifepristone in this study. FALSE It is easily discernable that SFLA did test specifically for the presence of mifepristone in the

Peer Reviewed Study Out: Testing Shows Abortion Drug Mifepristone In Drinking Water
Kristi Hamrick | July 24, 2026
“A study inspired by Students for Life’s clean water advocacy shows that our concerns are valid. In three cities where water was tested, the active metabolites of mifepristone, the Chemical Abortion Pill, were in the water. We need the EPA to nationalize this examination, especially in light of so many struggling with infertility,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “You

To Address Possible Causes of Infertility, the EPA Must Look at Chemical Abortion Pills in Our Water: Kristan Hawkins at the Washington Examiner
Olivia D'Angelo | July 20, 2026
Rising infertility and dropping birth rates are a plague to the American family. As many search for solutions, there may be an undiagnosed factor: Chemical Abortion Pills in our water. In an op-ed at the Washington Examiner, Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins raises an important consideration for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as infertility takes over public discourse. “Looking for reasons, experts point fingers at everything

Students for Life Again Stands with Louisiana in Case Against the Food & Drug Administration, Still Dropping the Ball in Protecting Human Beings & Endangered Species from Deadly Chemical Abortion Pills.
Kristi Hamrick | June 26, 2026
“Because of the failures of the Trump Administration to enforce the Comstock Act or to thoroughly review the so-called science that supports Chemical Abortion Pill policy, dangerous pathological medical waste goes into our waterways by the tons every year,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “In our amicus brief, we argue that the failure to protect endangered species from abortion water

SCIENTIFIC FACT: New Study Finds 20% of Americans Drinking UNSAFE Water
Olivia D'Angelo | June 26, 2026
Students for Life of America (SFLA) has been sounding the alarm on harmful chemicals in our water for years. Now, researchers are openly saying we were right all along. A recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research showed that up to 20% of Americans are drinking water is unsafe. “The study found that drinking water for 10 to 20 percent of Americans violates safety standards, even as overall pollution levels have

Doctors & Environmentalists Back SFLA, Demand EPA Track Chemical Abortion Pill in Our Water
Olivia D'Angelo | June 19, 2026
It’s not just pro-life activists and clean water activists demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) track hormone-disrupting metabolites from Chemical Abortion Pills in our water. Now, doctors and conservationists are speaking out. The EPA keeps a list of water contaminants they track and regulate for public health safety, updating the list every 5 years. The list is due to be updated this year, and the EPA just finished collecting comments from the public on what should be included. Students for Life

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”
Kristi Hamrick | June 10, 2026
An SFLA-led Campaign to Track Endocrine Disrupting Mifepristone in America’s Water Gains New Leaders “Because of negligent FDA policy and the failure to enforce the Comstock Act, more than 50 tons of chemically tainted blood, placenta tissue, and human remains go into our waterways every year. With infertility on the rise, we need to know: what is the extent of the

Students for Life Calls for a Thorough Review of Chemical Abortion Pills; Not a Rubber Stamp of Old, Abortion Industry Reports
Kristi Hamrick | June 5, 2026
“The FDA still holds secret documents, hides the locations of pill manufacturing, and ignores health and safety concerns for babies, women, and even the environment,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “We are not looking for a rubber stamp of old reports, submitted during the administrations of three abortion-activist presidents. And if you are wondering what we hope to see,
