[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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