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Michelle Jordan's avatar

If they’re really worried about Mifipristone being a water contaminant then maybe they should con the FDA into banning Lisinopril. Lisinopril is an ACE inhibitor class of medication that lowers blood pressure rather effectively and often ends ups in the municipal water supplies because so many are on it for hypertension. They would all just stroke out if Lisinopril were to be banned as big a deal as the anti-abortion cult makes out of banning mifepristone. This is all proof positive these people are cultists and don’t give a damn about anything except their personal pet projects to control others.

Lois Kallunki's avatar

The ingredients of erectile dysfunction drugs can also be detected in waterways and treated as contaminants.

Alison Hyde's avatar

Mifepristone is an essential part of screening for uterine cancer. There was absolutely zero chance of my being pregnant at 66 and yet these cult members want it to be criminal that it was prescribed for me.

Sally Fell's avatar

THANK YOU for writing about this very disturbing development!! We need Ruth Bader-Ginsberg! They are undoing too much of what her brilliant, convincing arguments were able to accomplish. I do believe this authoritarian approach, with big-government imposing itself on the "private parts" and private matters of citizens, will inspire many to pursue the law, to argue these basic Constitutional issues, winning back what was stolen from us -- respecting human dignity and autonomy over our own bodies and life. There may not be another RBG, but other great figures who believes in civil liberties will come along, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Arkansas Blue's avatar

And so many women keep voting for these fascists to make themselves second class citizens! Unbelievable and ignorant - or unbelievably ignorant,

Lauren's avatar

How many backdoor abortions have the trumplicans paid various mistresses, etc. to have?

Noah Dowd's avatar

"The real danger awaits: the potential for fake findings in a so-called “safety report” commissioned by HHS, likely to be issued this year. The entire exercise is a sham, given the drug (mifepristone) has been on the market for decades and has an exemplary safety record."

And they'll find some anti-abortion ob-gyn doctor to be the face of this "safety report" in an attempt to lend legitimacy to their cause. Don't fall for it.

return to normalcy's avatar

Really, now their worried about water quality? And about this drug??? Really???? I thought the EPA was an enemy trying to regulate polluters out of business! Now they're worried!!!!

Puh-leeeeez!!!!

Marliss Desens's avatar

I found it interesting that Todd Blanche's phone call to religious leaders who wish to ban abortion was leaked before the vote on him as AG. I suspect that it was to turn up the heat on any Republican who might be wavering (other than Collins and Murkowski).