Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has signed a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking it to classify mifepristone — a safe, FDA-approved abortion medication — as a water contaminant. He is one of 14 Republican attorneys general behind this request, made in a letter sent on June 6, 2026.

There is no scientific basis for this move. Environmental health science experts are clear: there is no evidence that mifepristone in wastewater causes harm to people, drinking water, or wildlife. The Center for Biological Diversity states plainly that "there's no evidence that medication abortion is affecting U.S. water systems, including drinking water and aquatic wildlife."

Mifepristone has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for over 25 years. It is part of a two-drug medication abortion regimen — the most common method of abortion in the United States, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all clinician-provided abortions in states without bans in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

This is not an environmental action. It is a political maneuver — one that uses the EPA's regulatory power as a backdoor to restrict access to reproductive healthcare. In Indiana, where abortion access is already severely restricted, Attorney General Rokita is now asking a federal agency to target a medication millions of people rely on, without a shred of scientific evidence to support his case.

We, the people of Indiana, call on Attorney General Todd Rokita to immediately withdraw Indiana's name from this letter. Stop using your office — and Hoosier taxpayers' resources — to wage a scientifically baseless campaign against safe, legal medication and reproductive healthcare.