S 510 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Women's Health Protection Act of 2017

Introduced Mar 2, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard Blumenthal D-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 2, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Women's Health Protection Act of 2017

This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services:

  • a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures;
  • a requirement that the same clinician who performs a patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures;
  • a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine;
  • a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements of facilities where abortions are performed, or the credentials, hospital privileges, or status of personnel at those facilities;
  • a requirement that, prior to obtaining an abortion, a patient make medically unnecessary in-person visits to any individual or entity;
  • a limitation on medical training for abortion procedures;
  • a prohibition prior to fetal viability, including a prohibition on a particular abortion procedure;
  • a prohibition after fetal viability when continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the woman's life or health;
  • a restriction on a woman's ability to obtain an immediate abortion when a delay would pose a risk to the woman's health; or
  • a restriction on obtaining an abortion prior to fetal viability based on a woman's reasons or perceived reasons or that requires her to state her reasons before obtaining an abortion.
A measure or action that is similar to a requirement or limitation listed above is prohibited if it singles out abortion services or makes abortion services more difficult to access and does not significantly advance women's health or the safety of abortion services.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2017 to Sep 5, 2018, with 40 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 2, 2017
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalMar 2, 2017
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalMar 2, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalMar 2, 2017
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalMar 2, 2017
Show all 42 cosponsors

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 2, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1322Women's Health Protection Act of 2017Identical billMar 17, 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

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  1. Mar 2, 2017Introduced in Senate

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