An unorthodox argument from anti-abortion advocates that abortion pills and the at-home abortion process pose a substantial environmental risk is gaining traction in state legislatures across the country.

Through numerous citizen petitions, court filings, and campaigns, anti-abortion groups Students for Life and Liberty Counsel have claimed that the abortion pill mifepristone and fetal remains from at-home abortions are poisoning public drinking water and other water systems, threatening ecosystems as well as humans.