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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 6, 2023
Last action Dec 12, 2023
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Committee
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Dec 8, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Dec 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Dec 6, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mary E. Miller
RRepublican
Co
Barry Moore
RRepublican
Co
Doug LaMalfa
RRepublican
Co
Lauren Boebert
RRepublican
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