Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2025

H.R. 629, the Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2025, would create a new federal criminal prohibition on chemical (drug-induced) abortions. It would rename Chapter 74 of Title 18 U.S.C. to “Abortion crimes” and add a new section, 18 U.S.C. § 1532 (Chemical abortions), which makes it a crime to prescribe, dispense, distribute, or sell any drug or chemical for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion. The maximum penalty is up to 25 years in prison, plus fines, with certain narrow exceptions. The bill also bars prosecution of a woman on whom a chemical abortion is performed or attempted. It defines abortion, pregnancy, and an “unborn child” (with an explicit personhood-like standard beginning at fertilization) and sets out limited exemptions (e.g., contraception before conception or confirmed pregnancy, treatment of miscarriage, or a physician-certified life-threatening pregnancy condition). The act is framed by findings about the history and regulation of chemical abortions and asserts that chemical abortions carry higher complication rates than surgical abortions. In short, if enacted, the bill would significantly restrict or prohibit chemical abortions nationwide through federal criminal penalties for providers and others who facilitate chemical abortions, while offering only limited exceptions and shielding the patient from criminal liability.