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WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- A new bill introduced in the state Legislature would require women to collect their abortion waste.

Rep. Lindee Brill says she believes abortion waste is contaminating our water, but her opponents say there’s not enough data to support that claim.

“We, as women, are taking chemicals to end pregnancy in our own homes and putting it then into our public water system,” said Brill.

It's called the “Clean Water for All Act.” Co-sponsored by Brill, the act would require doctors to provide women a “catch kit,” or a waste bag that would allow them to collect blood and tissue after using abortion pills. The waste would then be returned to a doctor’s office.

“They would be required to dispose of that hazardous material, those chemicals that are then entering our wat

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