S 242 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Dignity for Aborted Children Act

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Pete Ricketts R-NE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 24, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Dignity for Aborted Children Act

This bill establishes requirements for abortion providers with respect to the disposal of human fetal tissue from an abortion.

Specifically, it requires abortion providers to obtain a patient's informed consent for one of two specified methods of disposition and to retain the corresponding documentation in the patient's file.

First, patients may choose to retain possession of the tissue. A patient may choose to transfer the tissue to an entity that provides interment or cremation services.

Second, patients may choose to release the tissue to the provider. Providers must ensure any tissue released to them is interred or cremated within seven days of the procedure in a manner consistent with state law regarding the disposal of human remains.

Abortion providers must submit reports annually to the Department of Health and Human Services about these requirements and other specified information.

The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of the requirement to retain documentation of informed consent, and it establishes criminal penalties for violations of the requirement regarding the disposal of human fetal tissue.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2025 to Aug 1, 2025, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOEric SchmittOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-WVJames C. JusticeOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-INJim BanksOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-MOJosh HawleyOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-NCThom TillisOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-MTTim SheehyOriginalJan 24, 2025
R-TXJohn CornynAug 1, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 24, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 798Dignity for Aborted Children ActIdentical billJan 28, 2025

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 24, 2025Introduced in Senate

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