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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

S. 4329 · Senate bill Health

A Republican bill with 23 Republican cosponsors · See all 23 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act," seeks to amend title X of the Public Health Service Act. It would prohibit the Secretary from providing assistance under this title to any entity that performs abortions. To receive assistance, an entity must certify that it will not perform abortions or provide funds to any other entity that performs them. The bill includes exceptions for abortions resulting from rape or incest, or those where a physician certifies the woman faces danger of death. Hospitals are also exempted from this prohibition provided they do not fund non-hospital entities that perform abortions.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress including specific data on abortions performed under exceptions.

The opposite· 3 of 6

  • Scored -7

    Does this make abortion easier to get?

    The bill prohibits Title X assistance to any entity that performs abortions, which restricts access to reproductive health services.

  • Scored -6

    Would women be better off under this?

    The bill restricts access to abortion services and family planning through the removal of federal funding for many providers.

  • Scored -5

    Does this narrow the gap between how men and women are treated?

    The restriction on reproductive health funding disproportionately affects women's control over their reproductive health.