S 4329
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
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Bill overview
This bill prohibits Title X family planning grants from being awarded to organizations that perform abortions. However, it includes exceptions for abortions resulting from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies that performing an abortion is necessary to save the woman’s life. Hospitals are also exempt, provided they don’t fund non-hospital abortion providers. The bill also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually on grant recipients and the types of abortions performed under the specified exceptions.
Key provisions
- Prohibits Title X grants to entities that perform abortions.
- Allows abortions resulting from rape or incest.
- Allows abortions when a physician certifies it’s medically necessary to save the woman’s life.
- Exempts hospitals from the prohibition, provided they don’t fund abortion providers.
- Requires annual reporting on grant recipients and abortion statistics.
Who is affected
- Title X family planning organizations
- Healthcare providers
- Women seeking reproductive healthcare
- Federal government (specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services)
- Hospitals
Notable changes
- Restricts funding for organizations that provide abortion services under Title X.
- Creates specific exceptions for abortions related to rape, incest, or life-threatening medical conditions.
- Mandates reporting requirements to track abortion procedures performed under these exceptions.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
S. 4329
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
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Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to an abortion where—
the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or
a physician certifies that the woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-threatening physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to a hospital, so long as such hospital does not, during the period of assistance described in subsection (a), provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an abortion (other than an abortion described in subsection (b)).
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
, and annually thereafter, for the fiscal year involved, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress containing—a list of each entity receiving a grant under this title;
for each such entity performing abortions under the exceptions described in subsection (b)—
the total number of such abortions;
the number of such abortions where the pregnancy is the result of rape;
the number of such abortions where the pregnancy is the result of incest; and
the number of such abortions where a physician provides a certification described in subsection (b)(2);
a statement of the date of the latest certification under subsection (a) for each entity receiving a grant under this title; and
a list of each entity to which an entity described in paragraph (1) makes available funds received through a grant under this title.
The term entity means the entire legal entity, including any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such entity.
The term hospital has the meaning given to such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act.