Lawmakers seeking to restrict access to abortion medication are reviving a strategy that has so far failed to gain traction in the states: holding drug manufacturers liable for alleged contamination of public water systems.
A bill introduced in Wisconsin in December and legislation expected soon in West Virginia argue that traces of abortion drugs in wastewater pose an environmental and public health threat. The approach, promoted by a national anti-abortion group, has divided abortion-rights opponents, and similar bills have repeatedly stalled amid questions about science, cost and enforcement.
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