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Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant. Mifepristone is prescribed as part of a two-drug medication regim...

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What happened Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant.
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Missouri IndependentNews report · Jun 12, 11:07 PM

Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion med...

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Arkansas AdvocateNews report · Jun 12, 10:25 PM

Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion med...

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Jun 12, 10:25 PM: Arkansas Advocate joined the source map.

Jun 12, 11:07 PM: Missouri Independent joined the source map.

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