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@couriertexas A new bill from an East Texas Republican is part of a recent movement from GOP lawmakers claiming that hormones found in birth control or abortion pills are poisoning the state’s water supply. Senate Bill 1976 — from Sen. Bryan Hughes, who authored a piece of the state’s near-total abortion ban — does not explicitly say the words abortion or contraceptives. But it would require testing wastewater facilities for traces of hormones typically found in birth control pills and the abortion medication mifepristone, aiming to get the medications off pharmacy shelves.
A new bill from an East Texas Republican is part of a recent movement from GOP lawmakers claiming that hormones found in birth control or abortion pills are poisoning the state’s water supply.
Senate Bill 1976 — from Sen. Bryan Hughes, who authored a piece of the state’s near-total abortion ban — does not explicitly say the words abortion or contraceptives. But it would require testing wastewater facilities for traces of hormones typically found in birth control pills and the abortion medication mifepristone, aiming to get the medications off pharmacy shelves.
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