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The bill creates legal protections and a private right of action to prevent abortions allegedly motivated by a Turner syndrome diagnosis, but does so through criminal penalties, reporting requirements, and civil-liability expansions that could reduce abortion access, strain provider practices, threaten patient privacy, and increase litigation risk.
Women, fathers, maternal grandparents, and state or federal attorneys general can sue for damages and injunctive relief when an abortion is performed or coerced because of a Turner syndrome diagnosis, creating a civil-remedy pathway.
Pregnant people are explicitly protected from coercion or force to obtain an abortion on the basis of a Turner syndrome diagnosis, strengthening their medical-decision safeguards.
People with Turner syndrome are explicitly recognized as a protected class with respect to abortion discrimination, making it unlawful to target pregnancy termination based on that diagnosis.
Women of reproductive age and pregnant people may face reduced access to abortion care if an unborn child is suspected of having Turner syndrome, because the bill creates federal criminal prohibitions tied to such abortions.
Healthcare providers may be deterred from offering reproductive and prenatal care because the bill imposes criminal penalties and mandatory reporting duties related to Turner syndrome–based abortions.
People seeking abortions may have reduced ability to travel or receive financial support for out‑of‑state care if cross‑state transport or funding related to Turner syndrome–based abortions is criminalized or restricted.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Makes it a federal crime to perform, coerce, fund, or facilitate abortions sought because the fetus has or may have Turner syndrome and creates civil remedies and nondiscrimination consequences.
Introduced January 21, 2026 by Randy Feenstra · Last progress January 21, 2026
Prohibits performing, coercing, funding, or facilitating abortions when the provider knows (or acts with knowledge) that the pregnant person is seeking the abortion because the fetus has or may have Turner syndrome. It defines key terms (including abortion, Turner syndrome, unborn child, and who may sue), creates criminal penalties (fines and up to 5 years imprisonment) for violators, establishes civil causes of action and reporting requirements, forbids prosecuting the pregnant person, and treats prohibited actions as discrimination under federal disability law. The bill also includes narrow medical exceptions (to save the life of the pregnant person, preserve the life/health of a child born alive, or remove a dead unborn child) and a severability clause.