Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2742 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 15, 2019 Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BUDD, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BUCK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. ABRAHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 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 ex- penses. 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 ‘‘Abortion Is Not Health 4 Care Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:58 May 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2742.IH H2742 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2742 IH SEC. 2. AMOUNTS PAID FOR ABORTION NOT TAKEN INTO 1 ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING DEDUCTION FOR 2 MEDICAL EXPENSES. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 213 of the Internal Rev- 4 enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 5 following new subsection: 6 ‘‘(g) AMOUNTS PAID FOR ABORTION NOT TAKEN 7 INTO ACCOUNT.—An amount paid during the taxable year 8 for an abortion shall not be taken into account under sub- 9 section (a).’’. 10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 11 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:58 May 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2742.IH H2742 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS