HR 1723 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023

Introduced Mar 22, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Latest action · Mar 22, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

IntroducedMar 22, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023

This bill authorizes using certain foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services in developing countries, including abortion services, training, and equipment.

The bill also removes a statutory prohibition on using such funds in developing countries to (1) pay for abortions performed as a method of family planning, or (2) motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.

Cosponsors 163

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2023 to Sep 6, 2024; 148 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MN	Angie Craig	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CO	Brittany Pettersen	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MO	Cori Bush	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MN	Dean Phillips	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Delia C. Ramirez	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MD	Glenn Ivey	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Jasmine Crockett	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer L. McClellan	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Kevin Mullin	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Nikki Budzinski	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Patrick Ryan	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Ritchie Torres	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-PA	Summer L. Lee	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-LA	Troy A. Carter	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NC	Valerie P. Foushee	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Mar 22, 2023
D-TX	Al Green		Mar 24, 2023
D-OR	Andrea Salinas		Mar 24, 2023
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 24, 2023
D-MI	Hillary J. Scholten		Mar 28, 2023
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Apr 6, 2023
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Apr 6, 2023
D-PA	Christopher R. Deluzio		Apr 13, 2023
D-CA	Robert Garcia		Apr 19, 2023
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Jul 27, 2023
D-TX	Greg Casar		Dec 12, 2023
D-NY	Daniel S. Goldman		Jul 9, 2024
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey		Jul 9, 2024
D-RI	Seth Magaziner		Aug 9, 2024
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Aug 13, 2024
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 6, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 22, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House
Mar 22, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The single subject of this legislation is: Abortion

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 52, March 22, 2023, page H1329.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 929	Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023	Identical bill	Mar 22, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the use of funds for comprehensive reproductive health care services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

International Affairs

Text 1

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Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House

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