“Pledged to advance the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act to safeguard access to medication abortion (mifepristone) through telehealth and certified/mail-order pharmacies in states where abortion remains legal, preserving current FDA guidelines.”
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Independently verified. Sen. Tina Smith is the lead Senate sponsor and introducer of the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act of 2023 (S.237), introduced February 2, 2023 alongside Rep. Cori Bush. The bill codifies the current mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) to preserve access via telehealth prescribing and mail-order/certified-pharmacy dispensing in states where abortion remains legal — matching the promise's language on telehealth, mail-order/certified pharmacies, and preserving FDA guidelines. Smith authored and led the bill (held press events, gathered 10 cosponsors), which exceeds a single supporting vote. The bill was read twice, referred to the Senate HELP Committee, and never received a floor vote or enactment. That record (actively led but not enacted) is CHAMPIONED, not FULL (not enacted) and not ATTEMPTED (she led rather than merely supported). Applying a party-neutral standard, a Republican lead sponsor of a promise-matching bill that died in committee would receive the same CHAMPIONED label. The prior rating's sources are real, live, and correctly quoted; outcome and confidence stand.
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