H.R. 8734
To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Patrick Ryan
22 cosponsors
- Betty McCollum
- James R. Walkinshaw
- John Garamendi
- Lateefah Simon
- Mark Takano
- Seth Moulton
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Deborah K. Ross
- Dina Titus
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Gabe Vasquez
- Judy Chu
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Yassamin Ansari
- Jared Huffman
- John B. Larson
- Jared F. Golden
- Jerrold Nadler
- Melanie A. Stansbury
- Nikema Williams
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Janelle S. Bynum
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Text of the bill
It is the Sense of Congress that—
(1) medication abortion is an extremely safe medical treatment that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, based on scientific evidence, appropriately approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); and
(2) such approval under such Act preempts any State law establishing, implementing, or enforcing—
(A) any requirement that medication abortion be dispensed by a health care practitioner in person; or
(B) any prohibition or restriction on prescribing or dispensing medication abortion by means of telehealth.