# 117-hr-7719: Unborn Protection Act

117-hr-7719, Unborn Protection Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7719
- Congress: 117
- Title: Unborn Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2022-05-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Unborn Protection Act This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child based on the results of a laboratory developed prenatal test. The term laboratory developed prenatal test means a type of in vitro diagnostic test that is designed, developed, manufactured, validated, or performed within a single laboratory and is not cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration It subjects a violator to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. A woman who undergoes such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.

## Cosponsors (24)

- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2022-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-9] (R-MI), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7719 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7719)

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- [117-hjres-65: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-65)
- [117-hres-548: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-548)
- [117-hr-1011: Life at Conception Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1011)
- [117-hr-18: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-18)
- [117-hr-619: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-619)
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