Bill would ban doctors from mailing abortion pills to patients.
H.R. 9421 — Ban Abortion by Mail Act · Filed by Sheri Biggs (R-SC) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill stops doctors from prescribing mifepristone by mail or video. Doctors must see patients in person. Doctors must have a license in the patient's state. Doctors who break these rules lose prescribing rights for 2 years.
Who it affects
Patients who want to use abortion pills would be affected. Doctors who prescribe the pill would be affected. People far from abortion providers would be affected most.
One thing to notice
The bill requires in-person visits and state licenses for doctors. This could stop patients from getting the pill by mail.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 11 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $420,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 51 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Sheri Biggs, who sponsored the bill, received $316,325 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Susan B Anthony List — $420,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- mifepristone — A pill used to end an early pregnancy.
- prescribe — When a doctor orders medicine for a patient.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,756 characters) on Aug 15, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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