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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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S2955119th CongressWALLET
Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
Introduced
Summary
Creates federal crimes and civil remedies for knowingly administering an abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman without her informed consent.
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- Women and patients can sue the person who administered or attempted to administer the drug and seek objectively verifiable money damages for physical and psychological injuries plus statutory damages equal to three times the cost of all injuries. Courts must award reasonable attorney’s fees to a prevailing plaintiff.
- Health professionals and others who knowingly give or prescribe an abortion-inducing drug face criminal penalties including a fine and up to 25 years in prison. Attempts and conspiracies carry the same penalties and the definition explicitly names drugs like mifepristone and misoprostol.
- People who sell, ship, mail, or give an abortion-inducing drug without taking reasonable steps to ensure the recipient is a pregnant woman seeking an abortion can be treated as conspirators. If the non-consensual administration causes serious bodily injury or death the bill allows additional fines and up to 25 years of imprisonment.
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Ban on nonconsensual abortion drugs
If enacted, the bill would make it a federal crime to give an abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman without her informed consent when interstate commerce is involved. A violator could be fined and jailed for up to 25 years. Attempts and conspiracies would carry the same penalties, and extra fines and up to 25 more years could apply if the woman is seriously injured or dies. The bill would let the harmed woman sue in federal court for verified physical and psychological costs, punitive damages, and statutory damages equal to three times those costs. Courts would award reasonable lawyer fees to a winning plaintiff, and a defendant who wins a frivolous suit could get lawyer fees. The bill also defines key terms, names mifepristone and misoprostol as abortion-inducing drugs, and defines "informed consent" and expanded conspiracy rules. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Steve Daines
MT • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Bill Hagerty
TN • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
FL • R
Sponsored 10/1/2025
Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
OK • R
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Tommy Tuberville
AL • R
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
SC • R
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 4/16/2026
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