Senate Democrats urge EPA to stop abortion pill water study

Senate Democrats sent a letter on Thursday to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin urging him to stop a study on abortion pill chemicals in the water supply, the Washington Examiner reported. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Patty Murray led forty-seven of their colleagues in writing the letter to the agency. [1]

The lawmakers argued that the study on the presence of mifepristone and misoprostol in water is driven by anti-abortion politics rather than sound science, according to the Washington Examiner. The senators asked the administrator to remove the two medications from the list of targeted pharmaceuticals. [1]

The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate serves as the central organizational front for party members in the chamber, Wikipedia notes. The caucus currently includes forty-five Democrats and two independents who caucus alongside them. [3][5]

The dispute occurs as Senate Democrats seek to win a majority in the upcoming elections, PBS NewsHour reported. Republicans currently hold fifty-three seats in the Senate, while the Democratic caucus holds forty-seven seats. [3]