{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hern.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=752", "Hern introduces pro-life legislation", "2022-12-21", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Kevin Hern", "H001082", "hern.house.gov", "hern", "https://hern.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act, which will prevent the Executive Branch from declaring an abortion-related public health emergency. Second, this legislation reinstates safety regulations and in-person dispensing requirements for dangerous chemical abortions. It further bars the FDA from waiving these protections in the future.\n\n\u201cJune\u2019s monumental pro-life victory in the Dobbs v. JacksonSupreme Court case provided us with an opportunity to save millions of lives across the United States\u201d said Rep. Hern. \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s abuse of executive power has gone on long enough. Biden\u2019s pattern is alarming; time and time again, he disregards the rule of law to cave to the radical left\u2019s demands. It\u2019s time to restore order and integrity. I\u2019m proud to introduce this legislation to push back against executive overreach & protect life across the country!\u201d\n\nRep. Hern\u2019s legislation has earned praise from leaders of the pro-life movement.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s FDA abused their public health emergency authority to advance this administration\u2019s radical abortion agenda, recklessly abandoning safety regulations for chemical abortion, leaving women to have dangerous at home abortions without sufficient health and safety screening,\u201d said Hon. Marilyn Musgrave, vice president of government affairs for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. \u201cWe thank Congressman Hern for this thoughtful proposal that rolls back the FDA\u2019s overstep and includes necessary abortion reporting requirements to protect unborn children and their mothers.\u201d\n\n\u201cPresident Biden abused a public health emergency declaration for COVID-19 to advance his pro-abortion agenda,\u201d said Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, the nation\u2019s largest women\u2019s public policy organization. \u201cCaving to pressure from activist groups like Planned Parenthood, ACLU, and others, his Administration removed safety guidelines that protect women from taking mail-order abortion drugs outside the oversight or care of a doctor. This is reckless and puts lives of women and their unborn children at serious health risk. No President should have the authority to abuse a public health emergency. I support Rep. Hern\u2019s bill because it will prevent this abuse.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND INFORMATION\n\nIn April 2021, the Biden Administration relaxed enforcement of safety protocols for chemical abortions, increasing the risk to women who take abortion pills. Multiple studies have shown that complications in chemical abortions are four times more frequent than surgical abortions. Removal of FDA guidelines will put more women in danger.\n\nIn December 2021, the Biden Administration formally changed those same guidelines to remove safety protocols for chemical abortions.\n\nRep. Hern\u2019s bill reinstates those safety protocols and prevents the Biden Administration \u2013 or any future President \u2013 from abusing a public health emergency to eliminate those protocols.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hern.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=752"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.943846931681037, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}