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[S. 2955 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2955
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal penalties
for the knowing and intentional administration of any abortion-inducing
drug to a woman without her informed consent, if the abortion-inducing
drug has been shipped or transported in interstate commerce, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 30, 2025
Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Daines,
Mr. Risch, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal penalties
for the knowing and intentional administration of any abortion-inducing
drug to a woman without her informed consent, if the abortion-inducing
drug has been shipped or transported in interstate commerce, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Forced Abortion Prevention and
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING VICTIMS OF FORCED ABORTIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 74 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1531 the following:
``Sec. 1532. Forced abortions prohibited
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), whoever,
in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly and
intentionally administers to a pregnant woman an abortion-inducing drug
without the informed consent of the woman shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
``(b) Attempts and Conspiracies.--Whoever attempts or conspires to
commit an offense under subsection (a) shall be subject to the same
penalties as those prescribed for the offense.
``(c) Dual Penalty.--If the non-consensual administration of an
abortion-inducing drug as described in subsection (a) results in
serious bodily injury or death to the woman to whom the abortion-
inducing drug was administered, the offender shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned for not more than 25 years in addition to any term of
imprisonment under subsection (a), or both.
``(d) Civil Remedy.--
``(1) In general.--A woman who was administered an
abortion-inducing drug in violation of subsection (a) may, in a
civil action against any person who administered the abortion-
inducing drug, attempted to administer the abortion-inducing
drug, or conspired to commit an offense described in subsection
(a) or (b), obtain appropriate relief in accordance with
paragraph (2).
``(2) Appropriate relief.--Appropriate relief in a civil
action under this subsection includes--
``(A) objectively verifiable money damages for all
injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the
violation;
``(B) statutory damages equal to 3 times the cost
of all injuries occasioned by the violation; and
``(C) punitive damages.
``(3) Attorney's fees for plaintiff.--The court shall award
a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to a
prevailing plaintiff in a civil action under this subsection.
``(4) Attorney's fees for defendant.--If a defendant in a
civil action under this subsection prevails and the court finds
that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous, the court shall award
a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the defendant against
the plaintiff.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Abortion.--The term `abortion' means the use or
prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other
substance or device--
``(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a
woman known to be pregnant; or
``(B) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a
woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other
than--
``(i) after viability, to produce a live
birth and preserve the life and health of the
child born alive; or
``(ii) to remove a dead unborn child.
``(2) Abortion-inducing drug.--The term `abortion-inducing
drug' means any drug, medicine, or substance prescribed,
dispensed, or administered with the intent to cause an
abortion, including mifepristone or misoprostol.
``(3) Conspires to commit an offense.--The term `conspires
to commit an offense' includes selling, sending by shipping or
mailing, or giving an abortion-inducing drug without taking
reasonable measures to ensure the individual requesting the
drug is a pregnant woman wishing to obtain an abortion.
``(4) Informed consent.--The term `informed consent' means
voluntary, knowing agreement by a woman to ingest an abortion-
inducing drug, given after being fully informed of the nature,
purpose, risks, and potential consequences of the use of the
abortion-inducing drug.
``(5) Serious bodily injury.--The term `serious bodily
injury' has the meaning given the term in section 1365.
``(6) Unborn child.--The term `unborn child' has the
meaning given the term in section 1841.''.
(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. Forced abortions prohibited.''.
(c) Chapter Heading Amendments.--
(1) Chapter heading in chapter.--The chapter heading for
chapter 74 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS'' and inserting
``ABORTIONS''.
(2) Table of chapters for part i.--The item relating to
chapter 74 in the table of chapters at the beginning of part I
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
``Partial-birth abortions'' and inserting ``Abortions''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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