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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 9443 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9443

To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove criminal penalties for 
    obstructing access to abortion services, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2026

 Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Biggs of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Stutzman, and Mr. Cloud) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove criminal penalties for 
    obstructing access to abortion services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Saving FACE Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR OBSTRUCTING ACCESS TO ABORTION 
              SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 248 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``clinic'' and 
        inserting ``church'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ``abortions or 
        other''; and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so 
                redesignated, the following:
            ``(1) Abortion.--The term `abortion' means the use or 
        prescription of any instrument, drug, substance, or device--
                    ``(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a 
                woman known to be pregnant; or
                    ``(B) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a 
                woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other 
                than--
                            ``(i) after viability, to produce a live 
                        birth and preserve the life and health of the 
                        child born alive; or
                            ``(ii) to remove a dead unborn child.''; 
                        and
                    (C) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``relating to the human reproductive system'' 
                and all that follows through the period at the end and 
                inserting ``relating to the human reproductive system 
                or pregnancy, excluding abortions.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for chapter 13 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related 
to section 248 and inserting the following:

``248. Freedom of access to church entrances.''.
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Saving FACE Act of 2026

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