Our legislation would make performing a dismemberment abortion a criminal offense, with the doctor or health care provider who performs it liable to fines and up to two years in prison.
Support legislation to ban dilation and evacuation abortion procedures commonly known as dismemberment abortions and make knowingly performing them a federal criminal offense punishable by fines and up to two years in prison.
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Evidence
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GovInfo lists S. 4880 as the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026, sponsored by Mike Rounds of South Dakota. The last listed action is June 24, 2026: Rounds introduced the bill and it was read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill title is to amend title 18 to prohibit dismemberment abortions.
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The introduced bill text states that a physician who knowingly performs a dismemberment abortion and kills an unborn child would be fined under title 18, imprisoned for up to two years, or both. It defines the covered procedure as dismembering and extracting an unborn child piece by piece or intact but crushed using instruments such as clamps, forceps, tongs, or scissors.
Assessments
The promise was to support federal legislation with a specific ban and criminal penalty, not necessarily to secure enactment. Mike Rounds sponsored and introduced S. 4880, the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026, during his Senate term. The introduced bill matches the promised prohibition and penalty structure, including fines and up to two years imprisonment. Because the promised action was legislative support, sponsorship/introduction is enough for delivery even though the bill had only been referred to committee.