118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 12 — Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023

“To protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services.”

Health

Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Last action Apr 7, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Mar 30, 2023

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Referred

Apr 7, 2023

E&C · Judiciary

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, abortion services. Before fetal viability, governments may not restrict providers from using particular abortion procedures or drugs, offering abortion services via telemedicine, or immediately providing abortion services if delaying risks the patient's health. Furthermore, governments may not require providers to perform unnecessary medical procedures, provide medically inaccurate information, or comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers who offer medically comparable services to abortions. Additionally, governments may not require patients to make medically unnecessary in...

Provisions · 11 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 4 actions

Apr 7, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 30, 2023

Introduced in House

Mar 30, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 30, 2023