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H.R. 9657: Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

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H.R. 9657: Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-12-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-12-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

Plain 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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Official text

Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr9657 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117