H.R. 7983

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7983 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7983

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a chemical abortion 
without the physical presence of a healthcare provider.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2026

Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Harrigan, Mrs. 
Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. McGuire, Mr. 
Steube, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
Ogles, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Norman) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a chemical abortion 
without the physical presence of a healthcare provider.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water for All Life Act''.

SEC. 2. CHEMICAL ABORTIONS PROHIBITED WITHOUT A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER 
PHYSICALLY PRESENT.

(a) In General.--Chapter 74 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
(1) in the header by striking ``PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS'' 
and inserting ``ABORTION CRIMES''; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following:
``Sec. 1532. Chemical abortions prohibited without a health care 
provider physically present
``(a) Offense.--Whoever, in or affecting interstate commerce, 
provides or attempts to provide abortion through a chemical abortion 
drug--
``(1) without physically examining the patient;
``(2) without being physically present at the location of 
the chemical abortion; and
``(3) without providing a catch kit and red bag medical 
waste, including instructions for the patient to bring such kit 
and bag to the healthcare provider for proper disposal;
shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years, fined not more than $50,000, 
or both, per occurrence.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Abortion.--The term `abortion'--
``(A) means the act of using, prescribing, 
administering, procuring, or selling of any instrument, 
medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or 
means with the purpose to terminate the pregnancy of a 
woman, with knowledge that the termination by any of 
those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the 
death of the unborn child; and
``(B) does not mean an act described under 
subparagraph (A) if the act is performed with the 
purpose to--
``(i) save the life or preserve the health 
of the unborn child;
``(ii) remove a dead unborn child caused by 
spontaneous abortion; or
``(iii) remove an ectopic pregnancy.
``(2) Catch kit.--The term `catch kit' means a collection 
container designed to catch and hold medical waste or 
infectious waste, often used for collecting samples for 
testing.
``(3) Chemical abortion drug.--The term `chemical abortion 
drug' means--
``(A) mifepristone, misoprostol, mifeprex, 
mifegyne, or any substantially similar generic or non-
generic drug or chemical dispensed for purposes of 
causing an abortion; or
``(B) any drug developed, marketed, sold, or 
distributed for the purpose of causing an abortion.
``(4) Fertilization.--The term `fertilization' means the 
fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
``(5) Red bag medical waste.--The term `red bag medical 
waste' means a biohazardous waste container made to contain 
medical or biohazardous waste. The container must either--
``(A) be red with lettering and symbols in a 
contrasting color; or
``(B) include such required warning labels in 
fluorescent orange or orange-red, with lettering and 
symbols in a contrasting color.
``(6) Unborn child.--The term `unborn child' means an 
individual organism of the species homo sapiens from 
fertilization until live birth.''.
(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. Chemical abortions prohibited without a health care provider 
physically present.''.
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