After fighting clean water rules, Kansas attorney general argues abortion pill is a contaminant

By: Baya Burgess

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: June 17, 2026

Words: 414

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach called for the classification of mifepristone, an abortion medication, as a water contaminant in a June 5 letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency despite his past efforts to decrease water contaminant regulation.

Mifepristone is a part of a two-drug prescription regimen to terminate a pregnancy through 10 weeks. It is safe, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The letter, signed by 14 Republican …

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