# 119-hr-7237: Chemical Abortion Risk Awareness Act

119-hr-7237, Chemical Abortion Risk Awareness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7237
- Congress: 119
- Title: Chemical Abortion Risk Awareness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-04

## Summary

**Would impose informed-consent and accountability rules on chemical abortion providers.** It would add a new Title XXXIV to the Public Health Service Act to set specific disclosure steps, create a private right of action, and allow withholding of federal funds for noncompliance. - Women and families: Providers would have to give the FDA product label in paper and electronic form, highlight the Warnings and Precautions and Adverse Reactions sections, read those highlighted sections aloud, and get written confirmation at least 24 hours before a chemical abortion. - Providers and federally funded entities: Any chemical abortion provider who receives federal funds or works for an entity that receives federal funds would need to file an implementation plan within 30 days and follow the new Title XXXIV rules. The Secretary could withhold federal funding from noncompliant providers or their employing entities. - Legal remedies and penalties: A woman or a parent could sue for injuries from violations. Courts could award verifiable compensatory damages, statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the abortion, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney’s fees to prevailing plaintiffs while allowing fee awards to defendants only for frivolous suits.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] (R-GA), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- States can keep stricter disclosure rules: benefit, low. If enacted, nothing in the bill would stop States from keeping or enforcing disclosure rules or penalties about abortion that are more extensive than the federal rules in this title. States with stricter requirements could continue to apply them. This does not change federal spending.
- New funding and plan rules for providers: cost, medium. If enacted, beginning 30 days after enactment, any chemical abortion provider who receives federal funds or works for an entity that receives federal funds would need to follow this title. The provider or its entity would have to file an implementation plan with the Secretary within 30 days of enac…
- New civil damages and lawsuit rights: mixed, medium. If enacted, a woman, or a parent of a woman in some cases, would be able to sue a chemical abortion provider for violations of the title. A successful plaintiff could get verifiable money damages for injuries, punitive damages, and statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the abortion, pl…
- 24-hour drug-label disclosure before abortion: mixed, low. If enacted, a covered chemical abortion provider would have to give the woman both electronic and paper copies of the full FDA product label for each drug at least 24 hours before the abortion. The provider would have to highlight and read the 'Warnings and Precautions' and 'Adverse Reactions' sect…
- New definitions for abortion rules: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would define key terms used in the title. 'Chemical abortion' would mean using or prescribing an abortion-inducing drug with intent to cause the unborn child's death, but it would exclude actions taken to save the mother's life, and exclude treatment of ectopic or molar pregnan…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3228: Constitutional Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7237 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7237)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-3228: Constitutional Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3228)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7237 (as of 2026-09-04).