Federal

No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act

Source: Congress.gov · 465 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes rules for health centers that receive federal money. It says these health centers cannot use that money to pay for abortions except in cases where an abortion is necessary to save the mother's life.

Who It Affects

Health centers that get federal funding under a specific section of the Public Health Service Act and the women who receive care at those centers.

Key Provisions

• Health centers cannot use federal money to pay for abortions unless the abortion is necessary to save the mother's life (Sec. 2) • Health centers that receive federal money cannot provide abortions or allow their facilities to be used for abortions except when necessary to save the mother's life (Sec. 2) • The bill defines "abortion" as using any tool, medicine, drug, substance or device to intentionally kill an unborn child or end a pregnancy, with certain exceptions after the unborn child can survive outside the womb (Sec. 2)

What Changes

The law currently allows health centers receiving federal money to provide abortions. This bill would restrict that by prohibiting abortions at these centers except when necessary to save the mother's life.

Important Definitions

The bill defines "abortion" as using any tool, medicine, drug, substance or device to either intentionally kill an unborn child or intentionally end a pregnancy, except in cases where after viability (when an unborn child can survive outside the womb) the goal is to produce a live birth and preserve the child's life and health, or to remove a dead unborn child.

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 750 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health centers from providing abortions, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 9, 2023 Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health centers from providing abortions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding 4 for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ABORTIONS. 6 Section 330(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act 7 (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(2)) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Mar 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S750.IS S750 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 750 IS (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘LIM- 1 ITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’; 2 (2) by striking ‘‘The requirement’’ and insert- 3 ing the following: 4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirement’’; 5 and 6 (3) by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON ABORTIONS.— 8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds made avail- 9 able to health centers under this section 10 may not be used for abortions except 11 where necessary to save the life of the 12 mother. No health center or related treat- 13 ment facility, that receives funds under 14 this section, may provide or be used to pro- 15 vide an abortion except where necessary to 16 save the life of the mother. 17 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—In this subpara- 18 graph, the term ‘abortion’ means the use 19 or prescription of any instrument, medi- 20 cine, drug, or any other substance or de- 21 vice— 22 ‘‘(I) to intentionally kill the un- 23 born child of a woman known to be 24 pregnant; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Mar 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S750.IS S750 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 750 IS ‘‘(II) to intentionally terminate 1 the pregnancy of a woman known to 2 be pregnant, with an intention other 3 than— 4 ‘‘(aa) after viability to 5 produce a live birth and preserve 6 the life and health of the child 7 born alive; or 8 ‘‘(bb) to remove a dead un- 9 born child.’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Mar 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S750.IS S750 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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