Federal · 119th Congress

HR78 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2025

Direction

Abortion provider clinic regulationAI label

Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Requires physicians performing abortions to have hospital admitting privileges within 15 miles and to notify patients of follow-up care locations, and requires abortion clinics to be state-licensed and comply with ambulatory surgery center standards to receive federal funds, so more regulation of,

A physician who performs an abortion shall-- (1) have admitting privileges at a hospital located within 15 miles from the principal medical office of the physician and the location in which the abortion is being performed; and (2) at the time of the abortion, notify the patient involved of the hospital location where the patient can receive follow-up care by the physician if complications resulting from the abortion arise.

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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6

Last action: 2025-01-03: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Filed: 2025-01-03
Committee: Energy and Commerce Committee
Sponsor: Andy Biggs R + 1 cosponsor (1 R)

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds new regulatory requirements for physicians performing abortions (admitting privileges and patient notification) and for abortion clinics (licensing and ambulatory surgery center compliance as condition of federal funds), which are provider-clinic-regulation provisions that restrict abortion access by increasing operational burdens on providers. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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Text versions

Introduced in House 2025-01-03

History (4 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-03	Libra	Introduced in House
2025-01-03	Libra	Introduced in House
2025-01-03	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.