Federal law bans one procedure; doctors face prison and lawsuits.
S. 4880 — Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026 · Filed by Mike Rounds (R-SD) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill makes it a federal crime for doctors to perform one type of procedure. The procedure uses tools like forceps or scissors to remove fetal parts. Doctors can go to prison for up to 2 years and pay fines. Women and parents of minors can sue doctors for money. They can ask for three times the cost of the procedure plus extra money. The bill lets doctors do this procedure only if the mother's life is in danger. It does not ban other procedures.
Who it affects
The bill affects pregnant people who might choose this procedure. It affects doctors who perform procedures. The bill protects women from being prosecuted. It keeps other procedures legal, even for rape or incest.
One thing to notice
The bill allows people to sue doctors for three times the cost plus extra money. This large cost may stop doctors from doing the procedure even when it is legal.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 10 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
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.
Mike Rounds, who sponsored the bill, received $1,722,790 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
- procedure — A medical method or technique used to treat or end a pregnancy.
- prosecuted — Charged with a crime by the government in court.
- 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 (6,137 characters) on Oct 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,580 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 2026-10-26.
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