Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act of 2023

Summary

Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act of 2023 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that patients may receive mifepristone through prescriptions issued via telehealth and filled by mail. The FDA has approved mifepristone for medication abortions (i.e., a procedure in which prescription drugs are used to terminate a pregnancy). (Mifepristone is subject to a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, which imposes various safety-related requirements. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the FDA suspended enforcement of a requirement that the drug must be dispensed in person, a requirement in the strategy at the time. In January 2023, the FDA updated the strategy to remove the in-person dispensing requirement.) Under this bill, the FDA must ensure that the strategy for mifepristone (1) does not have an in-person dispensing requirement, (2) allows patients to access prescriptions for mifepristone via telehealth, and (3) authorizes all pharmacies certified to dispense mifepristone to patients to do so via mail.

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Timeline

1. 2 February 2023

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 February 2023

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 February 2023

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 10 February 2023

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 2 February 2023 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 2 February 2023

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Cori Bush · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] · D · Sponsor
• Darren Soto · D · Sponsor
• Sheila Jackson Lee · D · Sponsor
• Betty McCollum · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D · Sponsor
• Gwen Moore · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Becca Balint · D · Cosponsor
• Jamaal Bowman · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Cosponsor
• Jill Tokuda · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Jesús García · D · Cosponsor
• Donald Payne · D · Cosponsor
• Sydney Kamlager-Dove · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Jahana Hayes · D · Cosponsor
• Mary Peltola · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Dean Phillips · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

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