HR 427 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2023

Introduced Jan 20, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Robert E. Latta R-OH

Latest action · Jan 27, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 20, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Support And Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act of 2023 or the SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving any new drug (either as a brand-name drug or a generic) intended to terminate a pregnancy and imposes additional restrictions on such drugs that are already approved.

Under the bill, an already-approved drug intended to terminate a pregnancy may be dispensed to a patient only with a prescription. Furthermore, the FDA may not approve any labeling change that would authorize (1) using the drug after 70 days of gestation, or (2) dispensing the drug by any means other than in-person administration by the prescribing health care practitioner.

The FDA must also impose additional restrictions on such already-approved drugs, including by (1) requiring the prescribing health care practitioner to receive a special certification, (2) prohibiting the practitioner from also acting as the dispensing pharmacist, and (3) requiring the practitioner to have the ability to provide surgical intervention to the patient.

The bill also rescinds any investigational use exemption already granted to such a drug if the bill would have prohibited the FDA from granting the exemption. (Currently, the FDA may grant an exemption to certain market approval requirements if a drug is intended solely for use in safety and effectiveness investigations.)

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2023 to Dec 16, 2024; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-MN	Brad Finstad	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-IL	Darin LaHood	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TN	John W. Rose	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-LA	Julia Letlow	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-IA	Randy Feenstra	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	Scott Franklin	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Original	Jan 20, 2023
R-VA	Bob Good		Jan 25, 2023
R-TX	Chip Roy		Jan 25, 2023
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jan 25, 2023
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jan 25, 2023
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jan 25, 2023
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Jan 25, 2023
R-WI	Scott Fitzgerald		Jan 25, 2023
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jan 25, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Feb 2, 2023
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Feb 28, 2023
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Mar 7, 2023
R-IN	Rudy Yakym III		Mar 7, 2023
R-TN	Andrew Ogles		Mar 29, 2023
R-MI	Lisa C. McClain		Mar 29, 2023
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		May 10, 2023
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Aug 15, 2023
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Aug 15, 2023
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Aug 15, 2023
R-PA	John Joyce		Aug 15, 2023
R-UT	John R. Curtis		Aug 15, 2023
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Aug 15, 2023
R-MO	Sam Graves		Aug 15, 2023
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Aug 18, 2023
R-WY	Harriet M. Hageman		Aug 18, 2023
R-TX	Roger Williams		Aug 25, 2023
R-TX	Tony Gonzales		Aug 25, 2023
R-AZ	Elijah Crane		Sep 5, 2023
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Sep 5, 2023
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Sep 5, 2023
R-AL	Dale W. Strong		Sep 14, 2023
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Sep 14, 2023
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Sep 14, 2023
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Sep 19, 2023
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Oct 20, 2023
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Dec 11, 2023
R-VA	Ben Cline		Dec 11, 2023
R-OR	Cliff Bentz		Dec 11, 2023
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Dec 11, 2023
R-TN	David Kustoff		Dec 11, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Dec 11, 2023
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Dec 11, 2023
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Dec 11, 2023
R-FL	Aaron Bean		Dec 19, 2023
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Dec 19, 2023
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Dec 19, 2023
R-AL	Barry Moore		Dec 19, 2023
R-UT	Blake D. Moore		Dec 19, 2023
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Dec 19, 2023
R-NC	David Rouzer		Dec 19, 2023
R-LA	Garret Graves		Dec 19, 2023
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Dec 19, 2023
R-IN	Greg Pence		Dec 19, 2023
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Dec 19, 2023
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Dec 19, 2023
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Dec 19, 2023
R-OK	Josh Brecheen		Dec 19, 2023
R-FL	Kat Cammack		Dec 19, 2023
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Dec 19, 2023
R-MS	Mike Ezell		Dec 19, 2023
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Dec 19, 2023
R-GA	Richard McCormick		Dec 19, 2023
R-KS	Ron Estes		Dec 19, 2023
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jan 3, 2024
R-IN	Erin Houchin		Jan 3, 2024
R-TX	Keith Self		Jan 3, 2024
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jan 3, 2024
R-NE	Mike Flood		Jan 3, 2024
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Jan 3, 2024
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jan 3, 2024
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jan 18, 2024
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Feb 5, 2024
R-UT	Celeste Maloy		Jun 12, 2024
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne		Nov 18, 2024
R-MO	Eric Burlison		Nov 18, 2024
R-GA	Marjorie Taylor Greene		Nov 18, 2024
R-CA	Vince Fong		Nov 18, 2024
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Nov 18, 2024
R-OH	Max L. Miller		Dec 6, 2024
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Dec 16, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 20, 2023
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jan 27, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 20, 2023Introduced in House
Jan 20, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Constitution grants of powers to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 13, January 20, 2023, page H252.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 95	SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2023	Identical bill	Jan 26, 2023
HR 554	SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2021	Reintroduction of	Feb 2, 2021

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2023; Support And Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 20, 2023Introduced in House

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