HR 6635 United States House · 118th Congress

Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (including the FDA) from treating pregnancy as an illness when approving abortion drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It specifically nullifies existing approvals of abortion drugs like mifepristone that relied on pregnancy being classified as an illness. The law requires the FDA to stop using this framework for approving or managing risk strategies for abortion drugs. This directly affects how the FDA regulates abortion medications, removing a specific basis for their current approval status.
Sub-Topics: Women's Health
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Dec 2023
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Introduced Dec 6, 2023 Last action Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 8, 2023
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Dec 6, 2023
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Dec 6, 2023
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