To express the Sense of Congress with respect to Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2573 · 118th Congress · Apr 10, 2023 · Lineage

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Section 1 Sense of Congress regarding Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion

It is the Sense of Congress that medication abortion was appropriately approved, and is appropriately regulated, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and that such approval under such Act preempts any State law establishing, implementing, or enforcing—

(1)

any requirement that medication abortion be dispensed by a health care practitioner in person; or

(2)

any prohibition or restriction on prescribing or dispensing medication abortion by means of telehealth.

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Apr 10, 2023viewing Introduced in House Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Perez, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Titus, Mrs. McClellan, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Payne, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Meng, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Manning, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Nickel, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Caraveo, Ms. Porter, Mr. Casten, Ms. Wild, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Craig, and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

To express the Sense of Congress with respect to Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Sense of Congress regarding Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion

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