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EPA, state lawmakers could consider regulating abortion pills as pollutants in 2026

This year, federal and state proposals to regulate mifepristone are expected to continue in 2026, with Students for Life of America lobbying the EPA and 25 congressional Republicans seeking regulation guidance.
Anti-abortion groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills, while Students for Life of America claims mifepristone 'pollutes' waterways and drafts disposal regulations.
State bills, including SB 309 and HB 663, would require medical waste kits, in-person dispensing, and civil suits, with Ohio's HB 485 mandating fetal videos in schools.
Medical and civil-rights groups warn these measures increase liability for OB-GYNs and privacy risks while the Food and Drug Administration reviews mifepristone amid calls to fire Martin Makary.
Because the list is updated every five years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency advised activists to use the public comment period to request adding active metabolites of mifepristone and gather data for future federal limits.

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EPA, state lawmakers could consider regulating abortion pills as pollutants in 2026

State and federal proposals to regulate and restrict medication abortion are expected to continue in 2026 as abortion opponents claim, without strong evidence, that abortion medication is dangerous to patients and the environment. (Getty Images)Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills. As multiple lawsuits over the abortion …

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