United States HR 8734: To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.

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119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 8734
To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion
and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication
abortion, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 2026
Mr. RYAN (for himself, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. CHU, Ms. ROSS,
Ms. NORTON, Ms. TITUS, and Ms. ANSARI) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety
of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State
restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SAFETY OF 3
MEDICATION ABORTION AND FEDERAL PRE-4
EMPTION OF STATE RESTRICTIONS ON DIS-5
PENSING MEDICATION ABORTION. 6
It is the Sense of Congress that— 7
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(1) medication abortion is an extremely safe 1
medical treatment that the Commissioner of Food 2
and Drugs, based on scientific evidence, appro-3
priately approved under the Federal Food, Drug, 4
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); and 5
(2) such approval under such Act preempts any 6
State law establishing, implementing, or enforcing— 7
(A) any requirement that medication abor-8
tion be dispensed by a health care practitioner 9
in person; or 10
(B) any prohibition or restriction on pre-11
scribing or dispensing medication abortion by 12
means of telehealth. 13
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