,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dice  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,wright 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,joyce of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,kelly of 
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1    
,mr4 ,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4     
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4  
,banks1 ,mr4 ,harris1 and ,mr4 ,gibbs7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit     
chemical abortions performed without the
 presence of a healthcare provider1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,teleabortion ,prevention ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,chemical abortions prohibited    
without a healthcare provider present   
7a7 ,chemical abortions prohibited      
without a physician present ,chapter #gd
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 in the chapter heading 
by striking ,partial-,birth2 and  7#b7  

by inserting after section #aeca the    
following3  #aecb4 ,chemical abortions  
prohibited without a healthcare provider
 physically present  7a7 ,offense ,any  
healthcare provider who1 in or affecting
 interstate or foreign commerce1 who    
knowingly provides or attempts to       
provide a chemical abortion--  7#a7     
without physically examining the        
patient2  7#b7 without being physically 
present at the location of the chemical 
abortion2 or  7#c7 without scheduling a 
follow-up visit for the patient to occur
 not more than #ad days after the       
administration or use of the drug to    
assess the patient's physical condition1
  shall be fined not more than #a1jjj or
 imprisoned not more than #b years1 or  
both4 ,this subsection does not apply to
 a chemical abortion that is necessary  
to save the life of a mother whose life 
is endangered by a physical disorder1   
physical illness1 or physical injury1   
including a life-endangering physical   
condition caused by or arising from the 

pregnancy itself4  7b7 ,no liability of 
the patient ,a patient upon whom an     
abortion is performed may not be        
prosecuted under this section or for a  
conspiracy to violate this section4  7c7
 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7    
,abortion drug ,the term abortion drug  
means any medicine1 drug or any other   
substance1 or any combination of drugs1 
medicines or substances1 when it is     
used--  7,a7 to intentionally kill the  
unborn child of a woman known to be     
pregnant2 or  7,b7 to intentionally     
terminate the pregnancy of a woman known
 to be pregnant1 with an intention other
 than--  7i7 to produce a live birth2 or
  7ii7 to remove a dead unborn child4   
7#b7 ,attempts to provide ,in this      
section1 the term attempts to provide1  
means conduct that1 under the           
circumstances as the actor believes them
 to be1 constitutes a substantial step  
in a course of conduct planned to       
culminate in a chemical abortion4  7#c7 
,healthcare provider ,the term          

healthcare provider means any person    
licensed to prescribe prescription drugs
 under applicable ,federal and ,state   
laws4  7#d7 ,provide ,in this section1  
the term provide1 means to dispense or  
prescribe an abortion drug1 or to       
otherwise make an abortion drug         
available to a patient4  7#e7 ,chemical 
abortion ,the term chemical abortion    
refers to the use of an abortion drug   
to-- 7,a7 intentionally kill the unborn 
child of a woman known to be pregnant2  
or  7,b7 intentionally terminate the    
pregnancy of a woman known to be        
pregnant1 with an intention other than--
  7i7 to produce a live birth2 or  7ii7 
to remove a dead unborn child4  7#f7    
,unborn child ,the term unborn child    
means an individual organism of the     
species homo sapiens1 beginning at      
fertilization1 until the point of being 
born alive as defined in section #h7;b74
  7d7 ,rule of construction regarding   
ectopic pregnancy ,nothing in this      
section shall be construed to have any  

impact on the treatment of a verified   
ectopic pregnancy4  7e7 ,severability   
,if any provision of this section or the
 application of such provision to any   
person or circumstance is held to be    
invalid1 the remainder of this section  
and the application of the provisions of
 the remainder to any person or         
circumstance shall not be affected      
thereby4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendments   
7#a7 ,chapter #gd ,the table of sections
 for such chapter is amended by         
inserting after the item relating to    
section #aeca the following3  #aecb4    
,chemical abortions prohibited without a
 healthcare provider physically present4
  4  7#b7 ,part ,i ,the table of        
chapters for part ,i of title #ah1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking the item relating to chapter   
#gd1 and inserting the following3       
#gd4;,abortions#aeca  4