Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 24, 2025 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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 24, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jun 24, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 12 | Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jun 24, 2025 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
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