Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6635
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2023-12-06
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Prescription drugs

Sex and reproductive health

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR  H6825)

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6635 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 6, 2023 Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. LaMalfa , and Ms. Boebert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from treating pregnancy as an illness for purposes of approving abortion drugs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2023 . 2. Prohibition against treating pregnancy as illness for purposes of approving abortion drugs (a) Prohibition The Department of Health and Human Services, including the Food and Drug Administration, shall not treat pregnancy as an illness for purposes of— (1) approving any abortion drug under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355 ); or (2) imposing or maintaining any risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for an abortion drug under section 505–1 of such Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355–1 ). (b) Nullification of approvals in effect (1) In general Any prohibited approval of an abortion drug is hereby nullified. (2) Prohibited approval defined In this subsection, the term prohibited approval of an abortion drug — (A) means any approval of an abortion drug under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355 ) that relied in whole or in part on the treatment of pregnancy as illness; and (B) includes the approval of mifepristone in effect under such section 505 on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.