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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1723" measure-id="id118hr1723" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-03-22" update-date="2023-12-20">
        <title>Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr1723v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-12-20">
            <action-date>2023-03-22</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes using certain foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services in developing countries, including abortion services, training, and equipment.</p> <p>The bill also removes a statutory prohibition on using such funds in developing countries to (1) pay for abortions performed as a method of family planning, or (2) motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. </p> <p><br> </p>]]></summary-text>
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