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PA HB1845
Bill
Status
9/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Marla Gallo Brown
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AI Summary
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Amends the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act to add a definition of "abortion drug" as any medicine or substance used to terminate a pregnancy or kill an unborn baby, excluding contraceptives
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Prohibits any person from causing abortion drugs to enter wastewater, public water supplies, public water systems, or Pennsylvania waters
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Requires abortion drug manufacturers to ensure proper disposal of discarded drugs and to mitigate/remediate environmental effects, including endocrine-disrupting chemical byproducts from at-home abortion waste
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Imposes strict, absolute, joint and several liability on manufacturers for cleanup and remediation costs if endocrine-disrupting chemicals from abortion drugs are found in water systems
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When a specific manufacturer cannot be identified, liability is apportioned among all abortion drug manufacturers based on their share of national production; takes effect in 60 days
Legislative Description
Further providing for definitions and for public nuisances.
Last Action
Referred to Health
9/9/2025