S. 2955

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2955 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2955

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.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 30, 2025

Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Daines, 
Mr. Risch, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Forced Abortion Prevention 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:
``Sec. 1532. Forced abortions prohibited
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), whoever, 
in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly and 
intentionally administers to a pregnant woman an abortion-inducing drug 
without the informed consent of the woman shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
``(b) Attempts and Conspiracies.--Whoever attempts or conspires to 
commit an offense under subsection (a) shall be subject to the same 
penalties as those prescribed for the offense.
``(c) Dual Penalty.--If the non-consensual administration of an 
abortion-inducing drug as described in subsection (a) results in 
serious bodily injury or death to the woman to whom the abortion-
inducing drug was administered, the offender shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned for not more than 25 years in addition to any term of 
imprisonment under subsection (a), or both.
``(d) Civil Remedy.--
``(1) In general.--A woman who was administered an 
abortion-inducing drug in violation of subsection (a) may, in a 
civil action against any person who administered the abortion-
inducing drug, attempted to administer the abortion-inducing 
drug, or conspired to commit an offense described in subsection 
(a) or (b), obtain appropriate relief in accordance 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, occasioned by the 
violation;
``(B) statutory damages equal to 3 times the cost 
of all injuries occasioned by the violation; 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 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) 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 pregnancy 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 
drug is a pregnant woman wishing to obtain an abortion.
``(4) Informed consent.--The term `informed consent' means 
voluntary, knowing agreement 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 `serious 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 
``ABORTIONS''.
(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 Code, is amended by striking 
``Partial-birth abortions'' and inserting ``Abortions''.
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