Heartbeat Protection Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 43
- Latest action
- Jan 23, 2025
What it does
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2025 This bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion (1) without determining whether the unborn child has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that an unborn child has a detectable heartbeat. A physician who performs a prohibited abortion is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. It also provides exceptions for certain pregnancies that are…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jan 23, 2025
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Mike Kelly
- Andy Biggs
- Andy Harris
- Austin Scott
- Barry Moore
- Brett Guthrie
- Charles Fleischmann
- Christopher Smith
- Claudia Tenney
- Dan Crenshaw
- Daniel Webster
- Darin LaHood
- David Kustoff
- Dusty Johnson
- Eli Crane
- Glenn Grothman
- Glenn Thompson
- Gus Bilirakis
- James Baird
- John Moolenaar
- John Rutherford
- Lloyd Smucker
- Mark Harris
- Mary Miller
- Michael Guest
- Mike Bost
- Mike Ezell
- Patrick Fallon
- Paul Gosar
- Randy Feenstra
- Randy Weber
- Richard Hudson
- Rick Allen
- Robert Aderholt
- Roger Williams
- Ron Estes
- Russ Fulcher
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Sheri Biggs
- Thomas Massie
- Tim Burchett
- Tracey Mann
- Trent Kelly
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