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HOUSE 846119th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2025

Last Action
10/31/2025

Actions

  • 2025-01-31Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • 2025-01-31Introduced in House
  • 2025-01-31Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2025-01-31 (00)

Stop Antiabortion Disinformation Act or the SAD Act

This bill prohibits deceptive advertising for reproductive health services.

Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for a person (i.e., individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization) to deceptively advertise the reproductive health services they offer, including by misrepresenting that the person (1) offers or provides contraception or abortion services (or referrals for such contraception or abortion services), or (2) employs or offers access to licensed medical personnel.

The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.

In addition to any other penalty, violations are subject to a civil penalty that may not exceed the greater of $100,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) or 50% of the revenue earned during the preceding 12-month period by the ultimate parent entity of the person who violated the bill. 

Cosponsors (20)

  • Emilia Sykes (D-OH)
  • Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)
  • Alma Adams (D-NC)
  • Dina Titus (D-NV)
  • Dwight Evans (D-PA)
  • Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
  • Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
  • Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)
  • Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
  • Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
  • Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
  • Adam Smith (D-WA)
  • Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
  • Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
  • Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
  • Henry Johnson (D-GA)
  • Betty McCollum (D-MN)
  • Steve Cohen (D-TN)
  • Julia Brownley (D-CA)
  • Sara Jacobs (D-CA)

Subjects

  • Abortion
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Congressional oversight
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Sex and reproductive health
  • Women's health
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