HR 8296 · 117th Congress · Health

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022

Introduced 2022-07-07· Sponsored by Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(2022-07-18)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2022-07-15
Roll #360
Yea 219Nay 210
Democrats
219 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·209 Nay
PassedHouse · 2022-07-15
Roll #360
Yea 219Nay 210
Democrats
219 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·209 Nay
FailedHouse · 2022-07-15
Roll #359
Yea 209Nay 218
Democrats
0 Yea·218 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 This bill prohibits governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, abortion services. Specifically, governments may not limit a provider's ability to prescribe certain drugs, offer abortion services via telemedicine, or immediately provide abortion services when the provider determines a delay risks the patient's health. Furthermore, governments may not require a provider to perform unnecessary medical procedures, provide medically inaccurate information, comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers whose services are medically comparable to abortions, or carry out all services connected to an abortion. In addition, governments may not (1) require patients to make medically unnecessary in-person visits before receiving abortion services or disclose their reasons for obtaining such services, or (2) prohibit abortion services before fetal viability or after fetal viability when a provider determines the pregnancy risks the patient's life or health. The bill also prohibits other governmental measures that are similar to the bill's specified restrictions or that otherwise single out and impede access t…

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Cosponsors (3)

3 Democrats