S 242 · in committee · significant
Dignity for Aborted Children Act
- reproductive rights
What this bill does
- This bill requires abortion providers to get patients' informed consent on how to dispose of fetal tissue from the procedure.
- Abortion providers and patients are affected by the new requirements for tissue handling and documentation.
- Providers must cremate or inter released tissue within seven days; violations carry civil and criminal penalties.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would the seven-day requirement for cremating or interring fetal tissue affect abortion clinics' operations and costs?
- 02
What specific informed consent information about tissue disposal should patients receive, and how does this differ from current practices?
- 03
What evidence supports that additional tissue handling requirements would improve patient care or outcomes?
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Sponsor · R-NE
Pete Ricketts
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
12/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-24
Joining the bill
Roger F. Wicker
R-MS · original
Jim Banks
R-IN · original
Steve Daines
R-MT · original
Josh Hawley
R-MO · original
James C. Justice
R-WV · original
James Lankford
R-OK · original
James E. Risch
R-ID · original
Mike Rounds
R-SD · original
Eric Schmitt
R-MO · original
Tim Sheehy
R-MT · original
Thom Tillis
R-NC · original
John Cornyn
R-TX
Legislative timeline
2025-01-24 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-01-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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