Introduced
June 24, 2026
Ms. Pettersen submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the monitoring and regulation of water systems not be weaponized for the purposes of surveilling, tracking, or detecting use of, stigmatizing, and further restricting access to medication abortion care.
- (1) medications used in abortion care, including mifepristone, are safe and effective, approved by the Food and Drug Administration for over 25 years with decades of peer-reviewed science and evidence demonstrating its safety and efficacy;
- (2) medications used in abortion care, including mifepristone, should not be subject to political interference;
- (3) safeguarding water systems in the United States should rely on scientifically-based environmental strategies rather than the politicization of essential medications used in reproductive health care, including abortion; and
- (4) efforts to surveil the use of medications commonly used in abortion care under the false banner of environmental or public health protection represents a blatant weaponization of environmental laws and a direct attack on access to medication abortion.