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Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026
AI summary Repeals the Helms amendment ban on using U.S. foreign aid for abortion services and explicitly authorizes federal foreign assistance funds for abortion services, training, and equipment, so more legal access to abortion via U.S. funding abroad.
funding insurance, otherStage: Committee Sep 24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. -
Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026
AI summary Repeals the Helms amendment ban on using U.S. foreign assistance for abortion services and explicitly authorizes such funds for abortion services, training, and equipment, so more legal access to abortion via foreign aid.
funding insurance, otherStage: Committee Sep 24: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
All Abortion bills in Federal
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Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026
AI summary Repeals the Helms amendment ban on using U.S. foreign aid for abortion services and explicitly authorizes federal foreign assistance funds for abortion services, training, and equipment, so more legal access to abortion via U.S. funding abroad.
funding insurance, otherStage: Committee Sep 24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. -
Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026
AI summary Repeals the Helms amendment ban on using U.S. foreign assistance for abortion services and explicitly authorizes such funds for abortion services, training, and equipment, so more legal access to abortion via foreign aid.
funding insurance, otherStage: Committee Sep 24: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. -
Right to IVF Act of 2026
AI summary Establishes and protects a right to IVF and related assisted reproductive technology services, including decisions on the use, storage, or disposition of embryos, preempting state laws that limit such access or practices, so more legal access to and use of IVF.
personhood ivfStage: Committee Jul 23: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Right to IVF Act of 2026
AI summary Establishes a federal right to IVF and assisted reproductive technology, preempts state laws that limit embryo handling/storage/cryopreservation/transfer or define embryos in ways that restrict options, and protects providers from state limits on multiple egg retrievals or embryo transfers, making a
personhood ivfStage: Committee Jul 23: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. -
Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026
AI summary Prohibits enforcement of surrogacy contract provisions that require a surrogate to have an abortion, so less ability to force an abortion via contract.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limitsexceptionsStage: Committee Jul 22: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2026
AI summary Authorizes federal grants to abortion funds and similar organizations to cover travel, lodging, meals, childcare and other practical support costs for people seeking abortions (including those traveling across state lines from ban states), increasing the ability of such individuals to obtain out-of-
travel interstate shield, funding insuranceStage: Committee Jun 24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026
AI summary Prohibits physicians from performing dismemberment abortions (a specific procedure used primarily in second-trimester abortions) with criminal penalties, so less access to that method of abortion.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, exceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jun 24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. -
Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act
AI summary Prohibits states from restricting or disadvantaging providers or assistants from offering reproductive health care (including abortion) to out-of-state patients, so more interstate access to abortion services.
travel interstate shield, provider clinic regulation, funding insurance, otherStage: Committee Jun 24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. -
Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026
AI summary Establishes and funds a federal grant program to expand clinical training, education programs, partnerships, recruitment, scholarships, and telehealth for abortion care providers and students, so more abortion providers and services.
provider clinic regulation, funding insuranceStage: Committee Jun 24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection Act
AI summary Authorizes and funds travel allowances plus administrative leave for federal employees and dependents to obtain abortions out of state when restricted in their home state, and prohibits adverse actions or security-clearance impacts for doing so, so more practical access to abortion across state bans
travel interstate shield, funding insuranceRestricts abortion accessotherStage: Committee Jun 24: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. -
Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act
AI summary Prohibits states from restricting or disadvantaging providers or assistants from offering reproductive health care services (including abortion) to out-of-state patients, so more interstate access to abortion.
travel interstate shield, provider clinic regulation, funding insurance, otherStage: Committee Jun 24: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. -
Ban Abortion by Mail Act
AI summary Requires in-person visits and state medical licensure for prescribing mifepristone or any abortion drug, so less medication abortion access by mail or across state lines.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jun 24: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026
AI summary Establishes and funds a federal grant program to expand clinical training, education, and recruitment specifically for abortion care providers, including through scholarships, partnerships, telehealth, and focus on underserved communities, so more abortion providers and greater access.
provider clinic regulation, funding insuranceStage: Committee Jun 24: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Pregnancy Loss Mental Health Research Act of 2026
AI summary Expands federal grant funding for mental health services after pregnancy loss but prohibits grants to any entity that performs abortions except in narrow cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment, so less funding reaches abortion-providing entities.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, exceptionsStage: Committee May 29: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act
AI summary The bill's workforce expansion programs explicitly aim to increase providers pursuing careers in sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion care, for individuals with disabilities, so more trained providers of abortion services.
otherStage: Committee May 14: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.
AI summary Expresses that FDA approval of medication abortion preempts state laws requiring in-person dispensing or restricting telehealth prescribing or dispensing, so more legal access to medication abortion.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee May 11: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026
AI summary Prohibits physicians from performing dismemberment abortions (a specific procedure) with criminal penalties, civil remedies, and narrow life exception, so less legal access to that method of abortion.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, exceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Apr 30: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
AI summary Prohibits Title X family planning grants to any entity that performs abortions (even if using non-federal funds), except in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment, so less public funding reaches abortion-providing entities.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, provider clinic regulationexceptionsStage: Committee Apr 16: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act
AI summary Requires employers to provide paid leave usable for termination of pregnancies, so more practical access to abortion.
other, funding insuranceStage: Committee Mar 30: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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. -
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
AI summary Explicitly authorizes states to use federal TANF block grant funds to support pregnancy centers that promote protecting the life of the unborn child, increasing public funding available to organizations that typically provide alternatives to abortion.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, otherStage: Committee Mar 26: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
AI summary Disapproves and nullifies a VA rule on reproductive health services (which includes abortion access for veterans), so the rule has no force or effect and reduces VA-provided abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessotherStage: Committee Mar 25: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 72. -
Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
AI summary Requires the VA to provide abortion care, counseling, related services, and medication as part of hospital care and medical services to covered veterans and certain dependents, expanding public funding and access to abortion through veterans' health benefits.
funding insurance, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Mar 18: Committee Hearings Held -
Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
AI summary Deems FDA approval of mifepristone for terminating intrauterine pregnancy withdrawn and treats its distribution as a violation, so less medication-abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Mar 12: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. -
Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
AI summary Deems FDA approval of mifepristone for terminating intrauterine pregnancy withdrawn and treats its distribution as a violation, so less medication abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Mar 11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act
AI summary Requires approval of leave and reimburses travel costs for members and dependents to obtain abortions not permitted under current federal military rules, so more practical access to abortion care across state lines or to permissive jurisdictions.
travel interstate shield, funding insurance, other, exceptionsStage: Committee Feb 11: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Houlahan asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1742, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. -
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations that provide, or provide funding for, abortion.
AI summary Revokes 501(c) tax-exempt status (and charitable deduction eligibility) for any organization that provides abortions or funds them, except in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest, so organizations face higher costs or lose donor incentives if they engage in such activity.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, exceptionsStage: Committee Jan 30: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. -
Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
AI summary Requires colleges to inform students about rights, accommodations, and resources to carry a pregnancy to term and file Title IX complaints for discrimination based on the choice to carry to term, which promotes continuing pregnancies over abortion.
Restricts abortion accessotherStage: Introduced Jan 27: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 12. (CR S286) -
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
AI summary Disapproves and nullifies a VA rule on reproductive health services, which would prevent the rule from expanding access to abortion-related care for veterans.
Restricts abortion accessotherStage: Committee Jan 27: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. -
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
AI summary Explicitly allows states to use federal TANF grants to fund pregnancy centers that support protecting the life of the unborn child, increasing public funding for anti-abortion services and thereby making abortion less accessible.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, provider clinic regulationStage: Passed one chamber Jan 26: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
Chemical Abortion Risk Awareness Act
AI summary Imposes detailed informed-consent requirements specific to chemical (medication) abortion, including providing and reading FDA label warnings 24 hours in advance, with penalties for noncompliance, so less medication-abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulation, funding insuranceStage: Committee Jan 23: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Life at Conception Act of 2026
AI summary Defines 'human person' and 'human being' to include members of the species homo sapiens from the moment of fertilization, and declares that the constitutional right to life is vested in each such human being, which would limit legal access to abortion.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: Committee Jan 15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. -
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
AI summary Creates federal criminal penalties for knowingly transporting a minor across state lines with intent to obtain an abortion that circumvents the minor's home state's parental-involvement law, so less ability to travel for such abortions.
Restricts abortion accesstravel interstate shield, provider clinic regulationNo change to abortion accessexceptionsStage: Committee Jan 15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. -
Reproductive Coercion Prevention and Protection Act of 2025
AI summary Defines reproductive coercion (including pressuring or coercing to terminate a pregnancy) as a form of domestic violence and creates a federal private right of action with damages and injunctive relief, increasing legal protections and remedies tied to abortion-related coercion.
travel interstate shield, otherStage: Committee Dec 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act
AI summary Expands coverage of IVF and other fertility treatments (including embryo handling) under TRICARE for active-duty military members and dependents, with no personhood provisions or abortion restrictions added.
personhood ivfStage: Committee Dec 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. -
Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
AI summary Creates federal criminal penalties (up to 25 years imprisonment) and civil liability specifically for administering abortion-inducing drugs like mifepristone or misoprostol without the woman's informed consent when the drug has moved in interstate commerce, so less medication abortion without such a
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulation, otherStage: Committee Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Supporting Healthy Pregnancy Act
AI summary The bill requires states to enforce child support from biological fathers for at least 50% of pregnancy and delivery medical expenses upon the mother's request, while explicitly stating that abortion expenses are not covered and defining abortion to exclude certain procedures.
Restricts abortion accessotherStage: Committee Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. -
No Taxpayer Funded Abortion Travel for Illegal Aliens Act
AI summary Prohibits federal funds from being used to assist illegal aliens with any expenses related to accessing abortion services, including travel, lodging, and other costs, so less public funding for abortions for this group.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, travel interstate shieldStage: Committee Nov 20, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
HHS Reproductive and Sexual Health Ombuds Act of 2025
AI summary Establishes an HHS Ombuds to educate the public on abortion services, disseminate information on connecting with abortion funds and providers, provide information on medication abortions, address misinformation, and promote awareness of abortion-related benefits, so greater public access to and use
funding insurance, other, medication abortionStage: Committee Nov 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Prohibiting Abortion & Transgender Procedures on the Exchanges Act
AI summary Prohibits health plans on the ACA Exchanges from covering gender-transition procedures (puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, surgeries) for minors, with narrow exceptions for disorders of sex development or life-threatening conditions, so less access to such care for transgender minors.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceStage: Committee Oct 15, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
AI summary Creates federal crime with up to 25-year prison term plus civil damages for knowingly administering an abortion-inducing drug (including mifepristone or misoprostol) without the woman's informed consent when the drug has moved in interstate commerce, so less access to medication abortion without new
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulation, exceptionsStage: Committee Sep 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. -
Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs Act
AI summary Requires HHS to reinstate the stricter 2011 REMS for mifepristone (with in-person dispensing and other limits) and bans its importation, so less medication-abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulation, otherNo change to abortion accessfunding insurance, bans gestational limitsStage: Committee Sep 30, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. -
No Funds for Foreign Abortions Act
AI summary Prohibits U.S. foreign assistance funds to any foreign government, NGO, or multilateral entity that uses any funds (including their own) to perform, promote, refer for, or research abortion (with a narrow rape/incest exception requiring documentation), so less public funding available for abortion.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, exceptionsStage: Committee Sep 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. -
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
AI summary Creates a federal crime for knowingly transporting a minor across state lines with intent to obtain an abortion that circumvents the minor's home state's parental involvement law, and imposes a 24-hour parental notification requirement on physicians performing abortions on out-of-state minors, so it
Restricts abortion accesstravel interstate shield, exceptions, personhood ivfStage: Committee Aug 12, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2025
AI summary Requires annual human rights reports to describe whether countries expand or restrict access to safe abortion services, post-abortion care, or criminalize pregnancy-related outcomes, and to detail rates of deaths due to unsafe abortions, so more reporting on and international pressure regarding laws
other, funding insuranceStage: Committee Aug 5, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. -
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights Act of 2025
AI summary Requires the State Department to report on whether foreign countries expand or restrict access to safe abortion services, post-abortion care, or criminalize pregnancy-related outcomes, and on rates of deaths due to unsafe abortions, so more emphasis on reproductive rights including abortion in human
otherStage: Committee Aug 1, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. -
Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2025
AI summary Authorizes federal grants to abortion funds and similar organizations to cover travel, lodging, childcare, lost wages and other logistical costs for people seeking abortions (including out-of-state), and preempts state laws that would prohibit such uses of the funds, so more practical ability to use
travel interstate shield, funding insuranceStage: Committee Jun 30, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act
AI summary Expands the definition of deductible medical expenses to include assisted reproduction methods like IVF, surrogacy, and embryo donation, increasing tax benefits for such procedures.
personhood ivf, otherStage: Committee Jun 26, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
Respectful Treatment of Unborn Remains Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits abortion providers from disposing of fetal remains or associated medical waste in publicly owned water systems, with criminal penalties, so less legal access to abortion via added provider regulation and disposal restrictions.
Restricts abortion accessother, provider clinic regulation, personhood ivfStage: Committee Jun 25, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Respectful Treatment of Unborn Remains Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits abortion providers from disposing of fetal remains or associated medical waste in publicly owned water systems (with penalties up to 5 years imprisonment), adding a new regulatory requirement on providers.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulationNo change to abortion accessother, personhood ivfStage: Committee Jun 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act
AI summary Prohibits state officials from interfering with or retaliating against people traveling across state lines or assisting such travel to obtain a lawful abortion in the destination state, so more legal access to abortion across state lines.
travel interstate shield, medication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jun 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Protect IVF Act
AI summary Establishes federal statutory rights to receive, provide, cover, and manufacture fertility treatments including IVF and embryo handling/storage/disposition, preempts inconsistent state laws that limit these rights (such as those defining embryos in ways that restrict options), and protects against '
personhood ivfStage: Committee Jun 11, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Health Coverage for IVF Act of 2025
AI summary Mandates insurance coverage of IVF and related fertility treatments including embryo handling and genetic testing as an essential health benefit with parity requirements, so more legal and financial access to IVF.
personhood ivfStage: Committee May 19, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Pregnancy.Gov Act
AI summary Excludes any entity that performs, induces, refers for, counsels in favor of, or financially supports abortions from being listed as a relevant resource on pregnancy.gov or receiving related grants, so less public funding or promotion reaches abortion-providing entities.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, otherStage: Committee May 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs Act
AI summary Requires a stricter REMS for mifepristone identical to the 2011 version (with in-person dispensing and other limits) and bans its importation, so less access to medication abortion.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulation, funding insuranceStage: Committee May 6, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act
AI summary Prohibits use of intercepted communications or compelled records on reproductive or sexual health (including abortion, medication abortion, IVF, contraceptives) to investigate or proceed against anyone seeking, obtaining, providing or facilitating such care, so more legal protection for interstate (
travel interstate shield, otherStage: Committee May 6, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2025
AI summary Requires states to report detailed information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers (including amounts, purposes, comparisons to prior years, number of abortions, gestational ages, and methods), plus a federal summary report, increasing transparency and public awareness of such payments.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceNo change to abortion accessotherStage: Committee Apr 9, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2025
AI summary Requires states to report detailed information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers (including amounts, purposes, comparisons to prior years, number of abortions by gestational age and method), and mandates that the Secretary compile and publish these reports, increasing transparency and data,
No change to abortion accessfunding insurance, otherStage: Committee Apr 9, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
IVF for Military Families Act
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for IVF and other fertility treatments (including embryo handling and transfer) under TRICARE for active-duty military members and dependents, with no personhood provisions or abortion restrictions.
personhood ivfStage: Committee Apr 1, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. -
IVF for Military Families Act
AI summary Expands TRICARE coverage of IVF and other fertility treatments for active-duty military members and dependents, including handling of embryos, so increases access to IVF.
personhood ivfStage: Committee Apr 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. -
Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025
AI summary Directs HHS to run a national public education, awareness, and outreach campaign providing information on accessing abortion (including medication abortion), travel rights, and countering misinformation, so more legal access to abortion.
other, medication abortion, travel interstate shieldStage: Committee Mar 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Abortion DOULAS Act
AI summary Directs HHS to study and report on benefits of abortion doula care and coverage, including integration into Medicaid, so more information and potential policy support for expanding abortion-related services.
otherStage: Committee Mar 27, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits the federal government and recipients of federal funds from discriminating against, penalizing, or retaliating against pregnancy centers or other entities that refrain from participating in abortions, abortion referrals, or related counseling, thereby protecting their eligibility for and
funding insurance, provider clinic regulation, otherStage: Committee Mar 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
IVF Access and Affordability Act
AI summary Creates a tax credit for assisted reproductive technology expenses (including IVF), increasing affordability and access to IVF without addressing or altering fetal personhood rules.
personhood ivfStage: Committee Mar 5, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. -
Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act
AI summary The bill prohibits enforcement discretion on REMS for abortion drugs, reinstates and bars waiver of the in-person dispensing requirement, and conditions any reduction in REMS protections on improved state abortion data reporting, making medication abortion harder to obtain remotely or with fewer in‐
No change to abortion accessbans gestational limitsRestricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulation, funding insurance, personhood ivfStage: Committee Feb 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the adoption credit and to establish the in vitro fertilization expenses credit.
AI summary Creates a new tax credit for qualified in vitro fertilization expenses, increasing financial support and access to IVF procedures.
personhood ivfStage: Committee Feb 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. -
Unborn Child Support Act
AI summary Requires states to establish and enforce child support obligations from biological fathers to mothers for unborn children, with support potentially starting at conception and being retroactive.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: Committee Feb 6, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. -
Ensuring Justice for Victims of Partial-Birth Abortion Act
AI summary Requires investigation and enforcement of the existing Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which prohibits a specific late-term abortion procedure, and adds mandatory reporting of violations by health care practitioners.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jan 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2025
AI summary Nullifies FDA approval of mifepristone and bars future approvals of abortion drugs by prohibiting pregnancy from being treated as an illness, so less medication abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jan 28, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025
AI summary Prevents taxpayers from deducting abortion costs as medical expenses (except in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest), so reduces the federal tax benefit for most abortions and thereby restricts abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, exceptionsStage: Committee Jan 24, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits providing or prescribing abortion drugs without a healthcare provider physically examining the patient, being present at the location, and scheduling a follow-up visit within 14 days, so less medication abortion access via telehealth.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jan 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act
AI summary Broadens the definition of 'valuable consideration' to include more forms of compensation and costs related to fetal tissue, making it harder for abortion providers to receive any payment or benefit from fetal tissue without violating the prohibition, which restricts access to and funding mechanisms
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, personhood ivfStage: Committee Jan 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Life at Conception Act
AI summary Defines 'human person' and 'human being' to include members of the species homo sapiens from the moment of fertilization, and declares that the constitutional right to life is vested in each such human being, which would prohibit abortion and restrict access to it (and potentially to IVF).
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: Committee Jan 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
No Abortion Coverage for Medicaid Act
AI summary Prohibits federal Medicaid/CHIP demonstration projects from providing financial assistance for abortions or abortion-related coverage and travel, so less public funding for abortions.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceNo change to abortion accessexceptionsStage: Committee Jan 24, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
AI summary Requires health care practitioners to provide life-preserving care to infants born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion at any gestational age, and imposes criminal penalties for intentional killing of such infants, so less legal access to abortion after viability.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, exceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: Passed one chamber Jan 24, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. -
Unborn Child Support Act
AI summary Requires states to establish and enforce child support obligations from biological fathers to mothers starting as early as conception for unborn children, with possible retroactive collection.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: Committee Jan 23, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
Defund Planned Parenthood Act
AI summary Prohibits all federal funds from going to Planned Parenthood or its affiliates, which provide abortions among other services, so less public funding for abortion providers.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceStage: Committee Jan 23, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2025
AI summary Creates a new federal crime for reckless disposal or abandonment of fetal remains from an abortion in landfills or navigable waters, with up to 3 years imprisonment, while exempting the woman herself from prosecution.
Restricts abortion accessother, personhood ivfStage: Committee Jan 23, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable (typically around 6 weeks), with limited exceptions, so less legal access to abortion.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, exceptionsStage: Committee Jan 23, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
To nullify the modifications made by the Food and Drug Administration in January 2023 to the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the abortion pill mifepristone, and for other purposes.
AI summary Nullifies the FDA's 2023 REMS modifications for mifepristone (which had eased dispensing and mailing rules) and bars similar future changes, so less medication-abortion access.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jan 23, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
AI summary Requires health care practitioners to provide life-preserving care to infants born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion at any gestational age, and imposes penalties including for intentional killing, so less legal access to abortion.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, personhood ivf, provider clinic regulationStage: Introduced Jan 22, 2025: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11. (CR S294-295) -
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits federal funds (including ACA premium credits, cost-sharing reductions, and small-employer tax credits) from being used for any abortion or for any health plan that covers abortion (except in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment), and requires separate disclosure of abortion-related
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, provider clinic regulationexceptionsStage: Committee Jan 22, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
AI summary Withholds Medicaid matching funds for family planning services from states that fail to submit required abortion data to the CDC, so states face financial pressure to report more data on abortions.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceNo change to abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, bans gestational limitsStage: Committee Jan 22, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. -
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits federal funds from being used for abortions or for any health benefits plans that cover abortion (including under ACA premium credits, cost-sharing reductions, and small-employer tax credits), while allowing separate non-federal abortion coverage, so less public funding and insurance use.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, provider clinic regulation, otherNo change to abortion accessexceptionsStage: Committee Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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. -
Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act
AI summary Increases criminal penalties and civil damages for attacks on pregnancy resource centers that provide abortion-alternative counseling, making such attacks more costly and subject to longer imprisonment.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, otherStage: Committee Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits prescribing, dispensing, distributing or selling any drug for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion, with exceptions only for contraceptives before conception, miscarriage treatment, and life-endangering physical conditions, so less access to medication abortion.
Restricts abortion accessmedication abortion, bans gestational limits, exceptions, personhood ivfStage: Committee Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. -
Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
AI summary Requires CDC to maintain a standardized national abortion surveillance system with mandatory data elements on abortions (including gestational age, method, maternal characteristics, and survival), mandates state reporting for Medicaid funding eligibility, and requires annual public reports, so more,
No change to abortion accessfunding insurance, other, bans gestational limits, exceptionsStage: Committee Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
No Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits states from providing Medicaid to aliens not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of law (except for emergency services), so less state spending on noncitizens and reduced incentives for illegal immigration.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceStage: Committee Jan 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act
AI summary Prohibits federal funds to any entity (or its affiliates) that performs abortions, provides referrals for abortion, or funds abortion-performing entities, so less public funding for abortion providers.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insuranceNo change to abortion accessexceptionsStage: Committee Jan 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. -
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
AI summary Prohibits Title X family planning grants to any entity that performs abortions (even if using non-federal funds), except in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment, so less public funding available to abortion-providing entities.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, exceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jan 13, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025
AI summary Prohibits federal funds from going to Planned Parenthood unless it certifies it will not perform or fund abortions (except in narrow cases), and redirects the funds to community health centers that also cannot use them for most abortions, so less public funding supports organizations that provide or
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, exceptionsStage: Committee Jan 9, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2025
AI summary 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,
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulationStage: Committee Jan 3, 2025: 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. -
Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025
AI summary Prevents abortion costs from being deducted as medical expenses on federal taxes, increasing the after-tax cost of abortion and thereby reducing financial support for it through the tax code.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, otherStage: Committee Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. -
No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act
AI summary Prohibits federal funds for the HHS Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force (announced in 2022 to expand abortion access), so less public funding for abortion-related activities.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, otherStage: Committee Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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