IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 611 
Expressing the importance of accurate information for medical professionals 
treating pregnant women and their unborn children in the emergency 
department, and for informing the general public, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2025 
Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself, Mr. ONDER, Mr. HARRIS of Maryland, Mrs. 
BIGGS of South Carolina, Mrs. FISCHBACH, and Mr. SMITH of New Jer-
sey) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the importance of accurate information for med-
ical professionals treating pregnant women and their un-
born children in the emergency department, and for in-
forming the general public, and for other purposes. 
Whereas, in June 2022, the United States Supreme Court re-
turned authority to regulate, and even limit, elective-in-
duced abortion to the people, through their elected rep-
resentatives, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Orga-
nization; 
Whereas 22 States now protect unborn children from elective- 
induced abortion at or before 12 weeks gestation, and 
most States limit abortion at some point in pregnancy; 
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Whereas, under Federal guidance and Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS) policy, ‘‘abortion’’ is defined 
as the intentional termination of a pregnancy with an 
outcome other than live birth or the removal of a dead 
fetus, and this definition excludes medical treatment for 
miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy; 
Whereas every State’s law permits abortion in the rare and 
heartbreaking circumstances where it is required to save 
the life of the mother, and every State’s law permits med-
ical professionals to intervene in a life-threatening situa-
tion, even if such intervention may end the life of the un-
born child; 
Whereas an ectopic pregnancy occurs when the embryo im-
plants somewhere other than the uterine lining and there-
fore cannot mature and will eventually rupture, and the 
Mayo Clinic describes the seriousness of an ectopic preg-
nancy diagnosis thusly: ‘‘ectopic pregnancy can’t proceed 
normally. The fertilized egg can’t survive, and the grow-
ing tissue may cause life-threatening bleeding, if left un-
treated’’; 
Whereas the vast majority of obstetricians and gynecologists 
do not perform elective-induced abortions, and there is no 
such disagreement within the profession regarding treat-
ment of life-threatening conditions such as ectopic preg-
nancy; 
Whereas the indicated treatments for ectopic pregnancy and 
the types of abortion both fall into 2 categories (drug-in-
duced and surgical), and the medications used and types 
of surgery used for abortion are different than those used 
to treat ectopic pregnancy; 
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Whereas the clinical treatment of an ectopic pregnancy phar-
maceutically uses the medication methotrexate, and in-
duced abortion as approved by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration (FDA) uses 2 different drugs, mifepristone 
and misoprostol; 
Whereas the mifepristone and misoprostol abortion drug regi-
men is contraindicated for ectopic pregnancy because 
they will not remove an ectopic embryo or resolve the life- 
threatening risk of ectopic rupture; 
Whereas, similarly, the surgical procedures performed to 
treat 
an 
ectopic 
pregnancy 
(salpingectomy 
or 
salpingostomy) differ clinically from any of the methods 
of surgical abortion which include aspiration, dilation and 
curettage, dilation and evacuation, and partial-birth abor-
tion; 
Whereas, despite longstanding recognition that treating a 
medical emergency and performing an elective-induced 
abortion are different, medically, ethically, and legally, 
some medical groups have blurred the lines post-Dobbs 
for political reasons, leading to confusion on the part of 
well-meaning medical professionals who were not per-
forming abortions prior to the abortion laws changing; 
Whereas, for example, the American College of Obstetricians 
and Gynecologists (ACOG) describes an ectopic preg-
nancy on its FAQ page as ‘‘a life-threatening emergency 
that needs immediate surgery’’; 
Whereas medical professionals affiliated with the American 
Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists 
(AAPLOG) affirm that ‘‘treatment of an ectopic preg-
nancy is not the same thing as performing an abortion’’, 
that ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening condition re-
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•HRES 611 IH 
quiring prompt medical intervention, and that failure to 
treat it would constitute malpractice; 
Whereas States apply the same standards to abortion law ex-
ceptions, reasonable medical judgment or, less commonly, 
good faith judgment, that are used in many other areas 
of law governing medical professionals, including mental 
competence, end-of-life decisions, medical malpractice, in-
formed consent, and Federal laws like the Americans 
with Disabilities Act and the Emergency Medical Treat-
ment and Labor Act (EMTALA), and in most States, the 
evaluating standard of whether the exception applies did 
not change from the pre-Dobbs laws; 
Whereas, due to consensus on the ethical difference between 
abortion and treatment for ectopic pregnancy, some 
States have explicitly excluded this condition from the 
State’s definition of ‘‘abortion’’, including Alabama 
(‘‘does not include a procedure or act to treat an ectopic 
pregnancy’’), Georgia (‘‘shall not be considered an abor-
tion if the act is performed with the purpose of removing 
an ectopic pregnancy’’), Nebraska (‘‘shall under no cir-
cumstances be interpreted to include removal of an ec-
topic pregnancy’’), Wyoming (‘‘shall not include any use, 
prescription or means done with the intent to treat a 
woman for an ectopic pregnancy’’), and Florida, which 
defines ‘‘abortion’’ as ‘‘the termination of human preg-
nancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth 
or to remove a dead fetus’’ (Fla. Stat. § 390.011(1)), 
thereby excluding treatment for ectopic pregnancies; and 
Whereas the laws governing abortion do not affect treatment 
for ectopic pregnancy, and conflating emergency medical 
treatment with elective-induced abortion causes delays in 
care, confusion among medical professionals and their pa-
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•HRES 611 IH 
tients, and even inappropriate treatment that is not clini-
cally indicated: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the need to help guide future pol-
icy so medical professionals know that they can act 
to treat an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage; 
(2) calls for medical providers to ensure that 
the public knows that treatment for ectopic preg-
nancy and miscarriage is legal in every State; 
(3) calls for medical organizations to accurately 
advise their members on the differences between 
elective-induced abortion and medical intervention 
for ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage; and 
(4) calls for institutions of higher education 
training doctors, nurses, and other emergency de-
partment personnel to accurately instruct their stu-
dents about the differences between elective-induced 
abortion and treatment for ectopic pregnancy or 
miscarriage, and the critical-thinking processes they 
need to make these decisions with their future pa-
tients. 
Æ 
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