# 117-hr-9657: Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

117-hr-9657, Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-9657
- Congress: 117
- Title: Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2022-12-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act This bill prohibits certain changes made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to dispensing requirements for mifepristone. (Mifepristone is a drug that is approved to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation when used in conjunction with the drug misoprostol. The procedure is often referred to as medication abortion or the abortion pill.) The FDA regulates the use of mifepristone through the Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program. The program requires health care providers to comply with certain requirements in order to prescribe or dispense mifepristone to end a pregnancy; the program previously included an in-person dispensing requirement that required mifepristone to be directly dispensed to patients in clinics, medical offices, or hospitals. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the FDA temporarily stopped enforcing the in-person dispensing requirement, which allowed mail-order pharmacies to fill and dispense mifepristone prescriptions. The bill prohibits the FDA from (1) exercising any enforcement discretion with respect to program requirements, or (2) reducing program protections until every state submits certain data regarding abortions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill also generally prohibits the declaration of a public health emergency with respect to abortions.

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## Sources
- [117-hr-9657 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9657)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9657 (as of 2025-11-18).