Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026
A Democratic bill with 18 Democratic cosponsors · See all 19 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is titled the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026. It amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to allow federal foreign assistance funds to be used for comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services. The text includes findings about the safety of abortion, the dangers of unsafe abortions globally, and the history of United States funding restrictions. It establishes a United States Government policy to recognize safe abortion as a critical component of maternal and reproductive health care. Finally, the bill strikes previous restrictions on using these funds for abortion services and explicitly authorizes their use for comprehensive reproductive health care, training, and equipment.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Section 4: This section explicitly authorizes the use of federal foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services, training, and equipment. This might be considered positive because the bill states that studies show countries prioritizing reproductive health rights have better overall population health, and that United States investment can help prevent unsafe abortions and maternal deaths.
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Section 3: This section establishes a policy for the United States Government to make reproductive health care, family planning, and safe abortion widely available and integrated with other types of health care, as well as to work to end unsafe abortion. This might be considered positive because the text notes that at least 20,000 people in low- and middle-income countries die every year from complications of unsafe abortions, and this policy aims to collaborate to provide safe services and training.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
The provided text does not contain any specific sections or provisions that outline negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups of people in the United States.
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- 9/24/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 19 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Tammy BaldwinDemocrat · Wisconsin
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Lisa Blunt RochesterDemocrat · Delaware
Tammy DuckworthDemocrat · Illinois
Kirsten GillibrandDemocrat · New York
Mazie HironoDemocrat · Hawaii
Martin HeinrichDemocrat · New Mexico
Ben LujánDemocrat · New Mexico
Edward MarkeyDemocrat · Massachusetts
Patty MurrayDemocrat · Washington
Jeff MerkleyDemocrat · Oregon
Alex PadillaDemocrat · California
Jacky RosenDemocrat · Nevada
Bernie SandersIndependent · Vermont
Adam SchiffDemocrat · California
Brian SchatzDemocrat · Hawaii
Tina SmithDemocrat · Minnesota
Ron WydenDemocrat · Oregon
Elizabeth WarrenDemocrat · Massachusetts