118 HR 6635 IH: Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-12-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6635IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 6, 2023Mrs. 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 CommerceA BILLTo prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from treating pregnancy as an illness for purposes of approving abortion drugs.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2023.

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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.