The Ending Chemical Abortions Act would make it a federal crime to prescribe, dispense, distribute, or sell drugs or chemicals intended to induce an abortion, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison and fines. The bill would affect doctors and healthcare providers who provide medication abortion services, as well as pharmacies and mail services that distribute abortion pills. The legislation includes exceptions for contraception, miscarriage treatment, and cases where a woman's life is endangered by pregnancy, and it explicitly bars prosecuting the pregnant woman herself. The bill contains no specific funding or implementation timeline, as it is primarily a criminal prohibition rather than a spending measure. This legislation would effectively ban the use of medications like mifepristone and misoprostol, which the bill's sponsors claim now account for over half of all abortions performed in the United States.
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