Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare and Supporting Providers.
This act aims to ensure that doctors and other healthcare providers can offer reproductive health services that are legal in their state without interference. It also protects patients traveling for such services. Additionally, the act provides funding for legal assistance to providers and for enhancing the security of medical facilities.
Key points
Doctors and healthcare facilities can provide legal reproductive health services, including abortion and contraception, without state or other entity prohibitions.
Individuals traveling to another state for legal reproductive health services are protected from interference.
The act prohibits states from using federal funds to prosecute individuals providing or assisting with legal reproductive health services.
It allocates $40 million for legal aid to reproductive healthcare providers and $40 million for improving security at medical facilities.
Insurance companies cannot deny professional liability coverage or sue doctors for providing lawful reproductive health services.
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Additional Information
Print number: 118_HR_2907
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Process start date: 2023-04-26