Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind., introduced legislation Thursday that would create federal criminal penalties for anyone who intentionally administers an abortion-inducing drug to a woman without her informed consent, stepping into the debate over access to abortion pills and how they are used.
Messmer’s proposal, the Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act, would make it a federal offense to give, mail, ship, or otherwise provide an abortion-inducing drug without taking “reasonable measures” to verify the recipient is a pregnant woman seeking an abortion, according to a press release from his office.
The measure would also penalize attempts and conspiracies to carry out the offense, the release said.
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