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Contested Montana bill links medication abortion to water pollution and tightens dispensing rules
Summary
Rep. Carrie Seekins Crow told the committee HB 555 would force manufacturers and providers to limit environmental impacts from medication‑abortion drugs; supporters cited environmental and safety claims while opponents warned it is effectively an abortion‑access restriction and likely unconstitutional.
Representative Carrie Seekins Crow (House District 39) opened House Bill 555 as a "Clean Water for All Life" measure, arguing that a rise in medication abortions and retail dispensing has increased the volume of mifepristone residues entering wastewater and that manufacturers should bear responsibility for environmental disposal and mitigation.
"Chemical abortion pills are used to commit more than 6 in 10 abortions," Seekins Crow said, arguing that mifepristone residues along with other materials from at‑home use should be treated as pathological medical waste and managed to protect waterways.…
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