The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is launching a drinking water quality study to look for traces of abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol for the first time.
Anti-abortion activists, attorneys general, and lawmakers have been lobbying for the agency to carry the study for years.
Researchers at the agency will collect water samples “from several locations in different metropolitan areas” and test them for thousands of drugs, pesticides and synthetic chemicals, including mifepristone, misoprostol, and multiple types of “forever chemicals,” according to a description of the study.
I’m not speaking for all women. I’m speaking for myself.
Okay, I don’t think suggesting it’s worth engaging with the factual content of an argument you’re opposed to is necessarily silencing you or forcing you into a feminine mold.
You’re misunderstanding how often I get men chirping at me to change my behavior here.
I. Don’t. Care.
Are they always telling you that dismissing an argument out of hand is less convincing than engaging with it?
It is not necessary to engage with arguments that are deeply flawed or bigoted.