[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5568 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5568

    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion 
         counseling to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2020

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion 
         counseling to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reproductive Health Information for 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. ABORTION COUNSELING.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide abortion counseling 
to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy. Such counseling shall 
include--
            (1) options for the veteran regarding unwanted pregnancy, 
        including termination;
            (2) accurate health information based on the health of the 
        veteran regarding options described in paragraph (1); and
            (3) information regarding the location nearest to the 
        residence of the veteran where the veteran may receive safe 
        medical or surgical termination of the unwanted pregnancy.
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