HR 12 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

Latest action · Jun 24, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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. IntroducedJun 24, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Women's Health Protection Act of 2025

This bill prohibits governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, abortion services.

Before fetal viability, governments may not restrict providers from

  • using particular abortion procedures or drugs,
  • offering abortion services via telemedicine, or
  • immediately providing abortion services if delaying risks the patient's health.

Furthermore, governments may not require providers to

  • perform unnecessary medical procedures,
  • provide medically inaccurate information, or
  • comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers who offer medically comparable services to abortions.

Additionally, governments may not require patients to make medically unnecessary in-person visits before receiving abortion services or disclose their reasons for obtaining services.

After fetal viability, governments may not restrict providers from performing abortions when necessary to protect a patient's life and health. The same provisions that apply to abortions before viability also apply to necessary abortions after viability. Additionally, states may authorize post-viability abortions in circumstances beyond those that the bill considers necessary.

Further, the bill recognizes an individual's right to interstate travel, including for abortion services.

The bill also prohibits governments from implementing measures that are similar to those restricted by the bill or that otherwise target and impede access to abortion services, unless the measure significantly advances the safety of abortion services or health of patients and cannot be achieved through less restrictive means.

The Department of Justice, individuals, or providers may sue states or government officials to enforce this bill, regardless of certain immunity that would otherwise apply.

 

Cosponsors 210

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026; 199 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MDApril McClain DelaneyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILBill FosterOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-COBrittany PettersenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NHChris PappasOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CADave MinOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CADerek TranOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-HIEd CaseOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-OHEmilia Strong SykesOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILEric SorensenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-VAEugene Simon VindmanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-INFrank J. MrvanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-RIGabe AmoOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NMGabe VasquezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAGeorge WhitesidesOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MDGlenn IveyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXGreg CasarOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-OHGreg LandsmanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJHerbert C. Conaway, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ORJanelle S. BynumOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MEJared F. GoldenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-COJason CrowOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJim CostaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYJohn W. MannionOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MDJohnny Olszewski, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYJosh RileyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXJulie JohnsonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MNKelly MorrisonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MIKristen McDonald RivetOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CALaura FriedmanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYLaura GillenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXLizzie FletcherOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MALori TrahanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-GALucy McBathOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CALuz M. RivasOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NHMaggie GoodlanderOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WAMarie Gluesenkamp PerezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ORMaxine DexterOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAMike LevinOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJNellie PouOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYPatrick RyanOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CARaul RuizOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WARick LarsenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CASam T. LiccardoOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CASara JacobsOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MDSarah ElfrethOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-DESarah McBrideOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ILSean CastenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-RISeth MagazinerOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-KSSharice DavidsOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-VASuhas SubramanyamOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NVSusie LeeOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CATed LieuOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-LATroy A. CarterOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-ORVal T. HoyleOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NCValerie P. FousheeOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MOWesley BellOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJun 24, 2025
D-NYThomas R. SuozziJun 27, 2025
D-WAEmily RandallJun 30, 2025
D-MDSteny H. HoyerAug 26, 2025
D-CAJosh HarderSep 9, 2025
D-MARichard E. NealSep 9, 2025
D-VAJames R. WalkinshawSep 30, 2025
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaNov 21, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonJan 27, 2026
D-NJAnalilia MejiaJun 23, 2026
D-ALShomari FiguresSep 3, 2026
D-GAEverton Blair Jr.Nov 2, 2026

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jun 24, 2025
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 24, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 24, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 24, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1134James P. McGovern D-MA, Judy Chu D-CAJan 21, 2026
HouseDebate and remarks H2960George Latimer D-NYJun 25, 2025
HouseLists H2922H.R. 12—Jun 24, 2025

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: Clause 1 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 108, June 24, 2025, page H2922.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2150Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025Related billJun 24, 2025

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 24, 2025Introduced in House

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