Texas Senate Bill 1976 is a terrifying overreach. If passed, it would force water utilities to test waste water for urinary byproducts linked to abortion pills, birth control, pregnancy hormones, and even gender-affirming care. This bill would give the state government access to deeply personal biological information.

This is an unprecedented invasion of privacy on a community-wide scale.

Lawmakers claim it's for “environmental monitoring,” but Texas is not known for prioritizing environmental protection. What this bill really does is enable tracking of reproductive health choices, gender-affirming treatments, and even pregnancy status by neighborhood—potentially opening the door to surveillance, targeting, and future criminalization.

There is no credible scientific basis for suggesting that abortion medication or birth control pose an environmental threat. This bill mirrors the same disinformation campaign that led to abortion pills being falsely labeled as dangerous controlled substances in other states, despite being medically safe and essential for miscarriage care.

Publishing hormone levels and metabolites by location sets a chilling precedent. It threatens basic medical privacy and civil liberties, and weaponizes state resources to further a dangerous political agenda.

We demand that Texas lawmakers kill SB 1976 immediately. This bill is invasive, unethical, and a clear abuse of government power. No state should have the right to monitor its residents’ reproductive choices through their urine.