Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach 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 request. Environmental health science experts are unanimous: 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 a key part of medication abortion — which accounted for nearly two-thirds of all clinician-provided abortions in states without bans in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute. In Kansas, where abortion remains legal, mifepristone is used in the majority of abortions that take place in the state.

In 2022, Kansans voted decisively to protect the right to abortion in the state constitution — one of the clearest statements any state has made about where its residents stand on reproductive rights. Now, Attorney General Kobach is joining a coordinated, multi-state effort to use environmental regulations as a backdoor to restrict access to a medication with a 25-year safety record. This is a political campaign against healthcare, not a good-faith environmental concern.

We, the people of Kansas, call on Attorney General Kris Kobach to immediately withdraw Kansas's name from this letter. Stop using your office to attack reproductive rights and access to safe, legal medication that Kansans depend on.