HR 4876
Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
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This bill, the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act, would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide abortion care, counseling, and related medications to eligible veterans and individuals receiving VA healthcare. It amends existing law to explicitly include these services as part of the care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The bill aims to ensure that veterans and those eligible for VA benefits have access to reproductive healthcare services.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4876
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication to certain individuals who receive health care furnished by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
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covered individualmeans—
a covered veteran (as defined in section 1703 of this title); and
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1720L the following new item: