ABORTION

Bills and resolutions

Abortion Provider Appreciation Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 9), S1630 [10MR] (see H. Con. Res. 18), H1066 [10MR]

Appropriations: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 186), S302 [22JA] (see H.R. 7), H297 [22JA]

——— prohibit use of taxpayer funds for entities that perform, provide referrals for, or provide funding for, abortions (see S. 125), S226 [16JA]

Armed Forces: establish leave policies for members to seek abortions (see H.R. 1742), H916 [27FE]

Civil liberties: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see S. 2377), S4528 [22JY] (see H.R. 4611), H3552 [22JY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 722), H394 [24JA]

Colleges and universities: prohibit award of Federal funds to institutions that host or are affiliated with student-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees (see S. 207), S334 [23JA] (see H.R. 632), H299 [22JA]

Crime: establish Federal penalties for knowing and intentional administration of any abortion-inducing drug to woman without her informed consent if drug has been shipped or transported in interstate commerce (see S. 2955), S6874 [30SE] (see H.R. 6466), H5050 [4DE]

——— prohibit abortion in cases where fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 682), H385 [23JA]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 4964), H3692 [12AU]

——— prohibit unlawful disposal in landfills or navigable waters of fetal remains resulting from abortion (see H.R. 686), H385 [23JA]

——— provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship (see H.R. 636), H299 [22JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (see S. 6), S185 [15JA] (see H.R. 21), H27 [3JA]

Day of Tears: observe and encourage citizens to lower flags to half-staff to honor unborn children who lost their lives to abortion (see H. Res. 56), H299 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: repeal restriction on use of funds and facilities for abortion care (see H.R. 3969), H2819 [12JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for individuals relative to accessing abortion services (see H.R. 4265), H3036 [30JN]

——— conduct public health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health services (see H.R. 2497), H1372 [31MR]

——— evaluate benefits of abortion doula care and coverage (see H.R. 2469), H1337 [27MR]

——— exclude coverage of gender-transition procedures for minors and abortion under health plans offered through American Health Benefits Exchanges (see S. 3011), S7139 [15OC]

——— issue final rule providing for regulations on protecting statutory conscience rights and preventing abortion-related discrimination in health care (see S. 47), S79 [9JA] (see H.R. 2874), H1598 [10AP]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 2418), S4625 [23JY] (see H.R. 343), H110 [13JA] (see H.R. 5397), H4362 [16SE]

——— prohibit from treating pregnancy as illness for purposes of approving abortion drugs (see H.R. 795), H404 [28JA]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access (see H.R. 49), H29 [3JA]

——— prohibit use or declaration of public health emergency with respect to abortion (see H.R. 1525), H767 [24FE]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 215), H49 [6JA]

Dept. of Justice: investigate alleged violations of partial birth abortion ban (see H.R. 895), H432 [31JA]

Dept. of State: require annual human rights reports include information on reproductive rights (see S. 2671), S5208 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication to certain individuals who receive health care through Dept. (see H.R. 4876), H3678 [5AU]

Discrimination: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 1756), S2927 [14MY] (see H.R. 2226), H1170 [18MR] (see H.R. 3411), H2051 [14MY]

Diseases and disorders: prohibit discrimination by abortion against unborn children due to Down syndrome (see S. 205), S334 [23JA] (see H.R. 2251), H1188 [21MR]

District of Columbia: repeal locally-passed law that protects individuals from repercussions of providing reproductive or gender-affirming care (see S. 3327), S8483 [3DE] (see H.R. 6372), H5024 [3DE]

Drugs: reaffirm existing authority to distribute and express continued support for medication abortion access (see H. Res. 65), H395 [24JA]

——— require warning label advising that effects of mifepristone can be counteracted and establish hotline to provide information to women seeking to counteract effects of mifepristone (see H.R. 796), H404 [28JA]

Families and domestic relations: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking abortion (see H.R. 799), H404 [28JA]

FDA: approve risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for mifepristone that is identical to strategy previously approved (see S. 1631), S2775 [6MY] (see H.R. 5646), H4507 [30SE]

——— ensure that abortion-inducing drugs bear label identifying name and address of dispenser and name of prescriber (see H.R. 5969), H4584 [7NO]

——— improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 685), H385 [23JA]

——— nullify modifications made to risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for abortion pill mifepristone (see H.R. 679), H385 [23JA]

——— urge reevaluation of safety of all chemical abortion drugs (see H. Res. 803), H4533 [10OC]

Federal agencies and departments: permanently enact certain appropriations restrictions on use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations (see S. 334), S523 [30JA]

——— prohibit research involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to induced abortion and prohibit solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of donation of such tissue (see S. 987), S1704 [12MR] (see H.R. 2075), H1150 [11MR]

Foreign aid: establish penalties for violating prohibition on use of assistance to promote or perform abortions (see S. 1340), S2475 [8AP] (see H.R. 2706), H1505 [8AP]

——— prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 280), S434 [28JA] (see H.R. 764), H402 [28JA]

——— prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (see S. 250), S371 [24JA] (see H.R. 1465), H727 [21FE]

——— prohibit U.S. funds from being provided to foreign governments or organizations that subsidize or promote abortion (see H.R. 5302), H4263 [11SE]

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act: repeal (see S. 223), S335 [23JA] (see H.R. 589), H257 [21JA]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in advertising of abortion services (see S. 589), S971 [13FE] (see H.R. 846), H430 [31JA]

Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family: support and urge U.S. be added as signatory (see S. Con. Res. 4), S89 [13JA] (see H. Con. Res. 3), H111 [13JA]

Government regulations: revise regulations banning mailing or receiving of drugs, instruments, equipment, and educational materials relative to medication abortions (see S. 951), S1663 [11MR] (see H.R. 2029), H1147 [11MR]

Health: express importance of accurate information for public, lawmakers, and emergency department professionals in differences between elective-induced abortion and treatment for ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage (see H. Res. 611), H3656 [25JY]

——— express that every person has basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care (see H. Res. 238), H1189 [21MR]

——— protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (see S. 2029), S3346 [11JN] (see H.R. 3916), H2654 [11JN]

——— provide direct control over health care dollars through flexibility and choice, prohibit taxpayer funding for abortion and gender transition procedures, and reform Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 6512), H5110 [9DE]

Health care professionals: prohibit disposal of fetal remains in publicly owned water systems (see S. 2172), S3533 [25JN] (see H.R. 4131), H2969 [25JN]

Immigration: prohibit use of Federal funds to assist illegal alien in accessing covered abortion services (see H.R. 6191), H4873 [20NO]

Insurance: require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits (see H.R. 1670), H913 [27FE]

Life Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 56), S3205 [3JN] (see H.J. Res. 98), H2419 [3JN]

Medicaid: limit demonstration projects relative to abortion under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (see H.R. 719), H393 [24JA]

——— require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see S. 178), S302 [22JA] (see H.R. 627), H299 [22JA]

——— require States report information on payments to abortion providers (see S. 1384), S2521 [9AP] (see H.R. 2779), H1561 [9AP]

Medicare: exclude providers of certain abortion services from participation (see H.R. 1349), H709 [13FE]

——— prohibit approved medical residency training programs from requiring opt-out abortion training (see S. 3238), S8274 [20NO] (see H.R. 6219), H4874 [20NO]

Mississippi: tribute to State legislature passage of Gestational Age Act which led to Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade (see S. Res. 30), S303 [22JA]

Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains (see S. 242), S371 [24JA] (see H.R. 798), H404 [28JA]

National objectives: recognize that immigrant justice and reproductive justice are inseparable and must be pursued together (see H. Res. 909), H4896 [21NO]

NIH: prohibit sale or transactions relative to human fetal tissue (see H.R. 727), H394 [24JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 177), S302 [22JA] (see S. 203), S334 [23JA] (see H.R. 599), H297 [22JA]

——— provide for moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 271), H88 [9JA]

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: prohibit regulations from applying to abortion or coverage of abortion or abortion-related services (see H.R. 2644), H1417 [3AP]

Ships and vessels: prohibit abortions in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of U.S. (see H.R. 1639), H878 [26FE]

States: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 4099), H2921 [24JN]

Supreme Court: condemn decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and commit to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform (see H. Res. 938), H5111 [9DE]

Taxation: deny trade or business expense deduction for reimbursement of employee costs of child gender transition procedure or travel to obtain abortion (see H.R. 1208), H644 [11FE]

——— prohibit treatment of certain distributions and reimbursements for certain abortions as qualified medical expenses (see S. 251), S371 [24JA] (see H.R. 720), H394 [24JA]

——— provide that amounts paid for abortion are not taken into account for purposes of deduction for medical expenses (see S. 253), S371 [24JA] (see H.R. 73), H30 [3JA]

Women: commend State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights (see H. Con. Res. 65), H5561 [10DE]

——— ensure that women seeking abortion receive ultrasound and opportunity to review ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive abortion (see H.R. 48), H29 [3JA]

——— ensure that women seeking chemical abortions are informed that it may be possible to reverse intended effects of abortion if they change their mind (see H.R. 5485), H4454 [18SE]

——— ensure women seeking abortion are notified, before giving informed consent, of medical risks associated with abortion procedure, and major developmental characteristics of unborn child (see H.R. 797), H404 [28JA]

——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (see S. 2150), S3516 [24JN] (see H.R. 12), H2920 [24JN]

——— prohibit certain procedures (see H.R. 78), H30 [3JA]

——— prohibit chemical abortions (see H.R. 629), H299 [22JA]

——— prohibit chemical abortions performed without presence of health care provider (see H.R. 729), H394 [24JA]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 272), H88 [9JA]

Cloture motions

Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (S. 6), motion to proceed, S258 [20JA], S294 [22JA]

Letters

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: several organizations, H339 [23JA]

Motions

Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 21), H344 [23JA]

Newsletters

Constituent legislative update: Representative Edwards, E515 [4JN]

Remarks in House

Civil liberties: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman, H3522 [21JY]

——— pro choice versus right to life, H288 [22JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 722), H2967 [25JN]

Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 21), H233 [21JA], H261, H267, H288 [22JA], H306, H308, H311, H312, H335–H345 [23JA]

Day of Tears: observe and encourage citizens to lower flags to half-staff to honor unborn children who lost their lives to abortion (H. Res. 56), H2967 [25JN]

Drugs: require warning label advising that effects of mifepristone can be counteracted and establish hotline to provide information to women seeking to counteract effects of mifepristone (H.R. 796), H2916 [24JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit research involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to induced abortion and prohibit solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of donation of such tissue (H.R. 2075), H2919 [24JN]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in advertising of abortion services, H341 [23JA]

Georgia (State): condemn decision of State to keep Adriana Smith alive after brain death for purposes of delivering fetus relative to law banning abortion in cases where fetal heartbeat is detectable, H2478 [5JN]

Health: express that every person has basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care (H. Res. 238), H2935 [25JN]

Insurance: require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits (H.R. 1670), H4347 [16SE]

Life Month: designate (H.J. Res. 98), H2917 [24JN]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize right to life, H263 [22JA], H306, H344 [23JA]

National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children: observance, H3903 [9SE]

Ohio: State constitutional referendum relative to abortion, H2934 [25JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H3549 [22JY], H3565 [23JY]

——— prohibit funding, E255 [27MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, H2880 [23JN], H2914, H2915–H2919 [24JN], H2934, H2960, H2967, H2968 [25JN]

——— anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H267, H288 [22JA]

——— hearing of arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic relative to rights of Medicaid beneficiary to choose specific provider, H2968 [25JN]

Trump, President: pardon of anti-abortion activists convicted of obstructing entrance to abortion clinics, H341, H360 [23JA]

Women: ensure protection of reproductive health rights, H311 [23JA], H2880 [23JN], H6096 [18DE]

——— ensure women seeking abortion are notified, before giving informed consent, of medical risks associated with abortion procedure, and major developmental characteristics of unborn child (H.R. 797), H2916 [24JN]

——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services, H343 [23JA]

——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 12), H2960 [25JN]

——— prohibit chemical abortions, H2915, H2918, H2919 [24JN]

——— prohibit chemical abortions performed without presence of health care provider (H.R. 729), H2914 [24JN], H2967 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion Provider Appreciation Day: observance, S1622 [10MR]

Civil liberties: pro choice versus right to life, S283 [22JA]

Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 21), S1620 [10MR]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (S. 6), S46 [8JA], S196 [15JA], S197 [16JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (S. 6), motion to proceed, S261, S270–S275 [21JA], S283–S285, S290–S295 [22JA]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1727–S1729 [13MR]

Foreign aid: global health programs funding for family planning and reproductive health, S4406 [16JY]

Health care facilities: protect freedom to protest at abortion clinics, S310 [23JA]

Life Month: designate (S.J. Res. 56), S3243 [5JN]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize right to life, S290, S291 [22JA], S343, S344 [24JA]

Mississippi: tribute to State legislature passage of Gestational Age Act which led to Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade (S. Res. 30), S303 [22JA]

Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains, S290 [22JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, S4051 [30JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, S45 [8JA]

Respect for Life Day: observance, S301 [22JA]

Sanctity of Human Life Day: observance, S301 [22JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, S3498 [24JN], S3549–S3551 [26JN]

——— anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S283 [22JA]

——— decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic relative to rights of Medicaid beneficiary to choose specific provider, S3546, S3549–S3551 [26JN]

Women: express support for protecting access to abortion rights and reproductive health care after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, S3507–S3512 [24JN]

——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 2150), S3508–S3512 [24JN]

——— prohibit chemical abortions performed without presence of health care provider, S3550 [26JN]

Statements

Prohibit Funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: Toni McFadden, E255 [27MR]

Texts of

H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H335 [23JA]

S. Con. Res. 4, support Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family and urge U.S. be added as signatory, S91 [13JA]

S. Con. Res. 9, Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, S1634 [10MR]

S. Res. 30, tribute to Mississippi State legislature passage of Gestational Age Act which led to Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade, S303 [22JA]