[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2573 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2573

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2023

  Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. 
     Perez, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Titus, Mrs. McClellan, Mr. 
 Garamendi, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Payne, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, 
 Ms. Velazquez, 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

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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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