Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 11 Republican cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025 aims to amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act. The bill seeks to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It establishes that submitting specific abortion data is a condition for States to receive certain Medicaid payments for family planning services and supplies. The legislation mandates the creation of a standardized surveillance system to collect various data points. This system includes specific mandatory variables such as maternal age, race, and ethnicity. Ultimately, the bill intends to ensure more complete statistical data for public health and policy analysis.
Yes· 3 of 7
- Scored +2
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill expands federal authority by making Medicaid funding conditional upon state compliance with new data reporting requirements.
- Scored +2
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires the Secretary to issue an annual report that includes the collected abortion data.
- Scored +1
Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this?
The bill mandates the collection of ethnicity data which can improve the accuracy of public health statistics for these groups.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Does this put more money into Medicaid, the health coverage for people on low incomes?
The bill makes certain Medicaid payments for family planning contingent upon the submission of abortion data, creating a potential risk to funding.
- Scored -1
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?
The bill creates a risk to Medicaid funding which supports low-income households.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Public Health Data: The bill finds that accurate statistical data regarding abortion and those who survive abortion attempts is critical to public health and policy analysis (Section 2).
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Standardized Data Collection: The Secretary will maintain a surveillance system to collect aggregate data in a standardized format and create a standard worksheet to collect data from States (Section 4, subsection (a)).
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Technical Support for States: The Secretary is required to provide technical assistance to States to help facilitate and improve how they report data to the system (Section 4, subsection (c)).
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Public Transparency: The Secretary must issue an annual report on abortion that includes the data collected (Section 4, subsection (d)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Risk to Medicaid Funding: Medicaid payments for certain family planning services and supplies are made subject to the submission of abortion data (Section 3, subsection (cc)(1)).
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Financial Penalties for False Information: If the Director of the CDC determines a State has knowingly provided false information, that State may not receive payment for family planning services and supplies during the following full fiscal year (Section s, subsection (cc)(3)(B)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires the Secretary to issue an annual report that includes the collected abortion data. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands federal authority by making Medicaid funding conditional upon state compliance with new data reporting requirements.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this? — The bill mandates the collection of ethnicity data which can improve the accuracy of public health statistics for these groups. Would women be better off under this? — The bill improves the collection of statistical data regarding maternal health and abortion procedures. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill creates a risk to Medicaid funding which supports low-income households.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — The bill mandates the collection of maternal race and ethnicity data to provide more complete statistical data for policy analysis.
- Healthcare
- Does this make health care easier to get in general? — Improved data collection may assist in better public health policy analysis for reproductive health services. Does this put more money into medical research? — The bill establishes a new surveillance system to collect essential statistical data for public health analysis. Does this put more money into Medicaid, the health coverage for people on low incomes? — The bill makes certain Medicaid payments for family planning contingent upon the submission of abortion data, creating a potential risk to funding.
- 6/24/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/23/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/3/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/22/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 8 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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