House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit chemical abortions performed without the presence of a healthcare provider, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 729.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 15, January 24, 2025, Page H395):Congress has the authority to extend protection to unborn children and their mothers under the Commerce Clause of Article 1, Section 8. This authority also comes from the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clauses of Section 1 and the Enforcement Clause of Section 5 of the 14th Amendment.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 294 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 729, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 26, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Robert Latta (R-OH), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Robert Onder (R-MO), Keith Self (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.