I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7237 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that a woman seeking 
a chemical abortion is made aware of the risks involved, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2026 
Mr. STUTZMAN (for himself and Mrs. HARSHBARGER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that 
a woman seeking a chemical abortion is made aware 
of the risks involved, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chemical Abortion 
Risk Awareness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHEMICAL ABORTION RISK AWARENESS. 
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘TITLE XXXIV—CHEMICAL 
ABORTION RISK AWARENESS 
‘‘SEC. 3401. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) CHEMICAL ABORTION.—The term ‘chem-
ical abortion’— 
‘‘(A) means the use or prescription of an 
abortion-inducing drug dispensed with the in-
tent to cause the death of the unborn child; and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) separation of the mother and her 
embryo or fetus to prevent the mother’s 
death or immediate irreversible bodily 
harm if such death or harm cannot be 
mitigated in any other way; 
‘‘(ii) treatment of ectopic or molar 
pregnancy; and 
‘‘(iii) treatment of miscarriage. 
‘‘(2) CHEMICAL
ABORTION
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘chemical abortion provider’ means any person 
licensed to perform a chemical abortion under appli-
cable Federal and State laws. 
‘‘(3) UNBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 
means a member of the species Homo sapiens, at 
any stage of development prior to birth. 
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‘‘(4) WOMAN.—The term ‘woman’ means a 
human being with XX chromosomes. 
‘‘SEC. 3402. CHEMICAL ABORTION RISK AWARENESS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
OF
COMPLIANCE
BY
PRO-
VIDERS.—Effective 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this title, any chemical abortion provider receiving Fed-
eral funds, or working in, for, or on behalf of a medical 
practice or company that receives Federal funds, who 
knowingly performs or induces, or attempts to perform or 
induce, any chemical abortion, shall comply with the re-
quirements of this title. 
‘‘(b) INFORMED CONSENT.—A chemical abortion 
shall not knowingly be performed or induced, or be at-
tempted to be performed or induced, by a chemical abor-
tion provider referred to in subsection (a) unless the chem-
ical abortion provider, not later than 24 hours before the 
chemical abortion— 
‘‘(1) provides to the woman, in both electronic 
and paper form, a full Food and Drug Administra-
tion-approved product label for each abortion-induc-
ing drug to be used, with the ‘Warnings and Pre-
cautions’ and ‘Adverse Reactions’ sections of the 
label (or such other similar sections) highlighted; 
‘‘(2) reads to the woman the full text of such 
highlighted sections; and 
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‘‘(3) receives confirmation from the woman in 
writing that the requirements described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) have been fulfilled. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this title, a chemical 
abortion provider referred to in subsection (a) (or the enti-
ty that such provider works in, for, or on behalf of) shall 
submit to the Secretary a plan for implementing the re-
quirements of this title applicable to such provider. 
‘‘SEC. 3403. WITHHOLDING OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other law, in the case that a 
chemical abortion provider is not in compliance with the 
requirements of this title, the Secretary may withhold the 
Federal funding of the chemical abortion provider, the en-
tity at which the chemical abortion provider is employed 
or on behalf of which the chemical abortion provider per-
forms or induces chemical abortions, or both. 
‘‘SEC. 3404. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A woman or a parent of a 
woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or in-
duced, or attempted to be performed or induced, by a 
chemical abortion provider in violation of this title may 
commence a civil action against the chemical abortion pro-
vider for appropriate relief. 
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‘‘(b) APPROPRIATE RELIEF.—Appropriate relief in a 
civil action under this section includes— 
‘‘(1) objectively verifiable money damages for 
all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by 
the violation; 
‘‘(2) statutory damages equal to 3 times the 
cost of the abortion; and 
‘‘(3) punitive damages. 
‘‘(c) 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 section. 
‘‘(d) ATTORNEY’S FEES FOR DEFENDANT.—If a de-
fendant in a civil action under this section prevails, and 
the court finds that the plaintiff’s suit was frivolous, the 
court shall award a reasonable attorney’s fee in favor of 
the defendant against the plaintiff. 
‘‘(e) AWARDS AGAINST WOMAN.—In any civil action 
under this section, no damages or other monetary relief, 
and no attorney’s fees except as provided in subsection 
(d), may be assessed against the woman upon whom the 
abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be per-
formed or induced.’’. 
SEC. 3. PREEMPTION. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by this 
Act shall be construed to preempt any provision of State 
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