[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 124 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 124

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts paid 
    for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the 
                    deduction for medical expenses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 2021

  Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Daines, 
  Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Braun, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of South 
    Carolina, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Sasse, and Mr. Moran) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts paid 
    for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the 
                    deduction for medical expenses.

    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 ``Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. AMOUNTS PAID FOR ABORTION NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING 
              DEDUCTION FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Amounts Paid for Abortion Not Taken Into Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--An amount paid during the taxable year 
        for an abortion shall not be taken into account under 
        subsection (a).
            ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the 
        case of an abortion with respect to--
                    ``(A) a woman suffering from a physical disorder, 
                physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-
                endangering physical condition caused by or arising 
                from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by 
                a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless 
                an abortion is performed, or
                    ``(B) a pregnancy that is the result of an act of 
                rape or incest.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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