I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6466 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal penalties for 
the knowing and intentional administration of any abortion-inducing drug 
to a woman without her informed consent, if the abortion-inducing drug 
has been shipped or transported in interstate commerce, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. MESSMER (for himself, Mr. CRANE, Mr. STUTZMAN, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. 
HARRIS of Maryland, Mr. ROSE, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. HIGGINS of Lou-
isiana, Mr. SELF, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina, Mrs. 
BIGGS
of South Carolina, Ms. FEDORCHAK, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr. 
BURCHETT, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. BOST, Mrs. MILLER of Illi-
nois, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. TONY GONZALES of 
Texas, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal 
penalties for the knowing and intentional administration 
of any abortion-inducing drug to a woman without her 
informed consent, if the abortion-inducing drug has been 
shipped or transported in interstate commerce, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forced Abortion Pre-
vention and Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTING VICTIMS OF FORCED ABORTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 74 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1531 
the following: 
‘‘§ 1532. Forced abortions prohibited 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign com-
merce, knowingly and intentionally administers to a preg-
nant woman an abortion-inducing drug without the in-
formed consent of the woman shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) ATTEMPTS AND CONSPIRACIES.—Whoever at-
tempts or conspires to commit an offense under subsection 
(a) shall be subject to the same penalties as those pre-
scribed for the offense. 
‘‘(c) DUAL PENALTY.—If the non-consensual admin-
istration of an abortion-inducing drug as described in sub-
section (a) results in serious bodily injury or death to the 
woman to whom the abortion-inducing drug was adminis-
tered, the offender shall be fined under this title, impris-
oned for not more than 25 years in addition to any term 
of imprisonment under subsection (a), or both. 
‘‘(d) CIVIL REMEDY.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A woman who was admin-
istered an abortion-inducing drug in violation of sub-
section (a) may, in a civil action against any person 
who administered the abortion-inducing drug, at-
tempted to administer the abortion-inducing drug, or 
conspired to commit an offense described in sub-
section (a) or (b), obtain appropriate relief in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE RELIEF.—Appropriate relief 
in a civil action under this subsection includes— 
‘‘(A) objectively verifiable money damages 
for all injuries, psychological and physical, occa-
sioned by the violation; 
‘‘(B) statutory damages equal to 3 times 
the cost of all injuries occasioned by the viola-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) punitive damages. 
‘‘(3) ATTORNEY’S FEES FOR PLAINTIFF.—The 
court shall award a reasonable attorney’s fee as part 
of the costs to a prevailing plaintiff in a civil action 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) ATTORNEY’S FEES FOR DEFENDANT.—If a 
defendant in a civil action under this subsection pre-
vails and the court finds that the plaintiff’s suit was 
frivolous, the court shall award a reasonable attor-
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ney’s fee in favor of the defendant against the plain-
tiff. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ABORTION.—The term ‘abortion’ means 
the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, 
drug, or any other substance or device— 
‘‘(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child 
of a woman known to be pregnant; or 
‘‘(B) to intentionally terminate the preg-
nancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with 
an intention other than— 
‘‘(i) after viability, to produce a live 
birth and preserve the life and health of 
the child born alive; or 
‘‘(ii) to remove a dead unborn child. 
‘‘(2) ABORTION-INDUCING
DRUG.—The term 
‘abortion-inducing drug’ means any drug, medicine, 
or substance prescribed, dispensed, or administered 
with the intent to cause an abortion, including 
mifepristone or misoprostol. 
‘‘(3) CONSPIRES TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE.— 
The term ‘conspires to commit an offense’ includes 
selling, sending by shipping or mailing, or giving an 
abortion-inducing drug without taking reasonable 
measures to ensure the individual requesting the 
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drug is a pregnant woman wishing to obtain an 
abortion. 
‘‘(4) INFORMED
CONSENT.—The term ‘in-
formed consent’ means voluntary, knowing agree-
ment by a woman to ingest an abortion-inducing 
drug, given after being fully informed of the nature, 
purpose, risks, and potential consequences of the use 
of the abortion-inducing drug. 
‘‘(5) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—The term ‘seri-
ous bodily injury’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 1365. 
‘‘(6) UNBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 1841.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 74 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1532. Forced abortions prohibited.’’. 
(c) CHAPTER HEADING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CHAPTER
HEADING
IN
CHAPTER.—The 
chapter heading for chapter 74 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘PARTIAL- 
BIRTH ABORTIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘ABOR-
TIONS’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CHAPTERS FOR PART I.—The 
item relating to chapter 74 in the table of chapters 
at the beginning of part I of title 18, United States 
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Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Partial-birth 
abortions’’ and inserting ‘‘Abortions’’. 
Æ 
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