HR 8855 United States House · 118th Congress

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect unborn children.

This bill would make it a federal crime for licensed physicians to perform or attempt to perform an abortion at any point after fertilization, with limited exceptions to save a pregnant woman's life when facing a physical condition, or to remove a dead unborn child from miscarriage or stillbirth, or for ectopic pregnancy. It would prohibit federal funding for abortions through programs like Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, Indian Health Service, Veterans Health Administration, TRICARE, and Title X family planning services, except in those limited circumstances. The bill also prohibits group health plans and insurance from covering abortions, with the same exceptions. It defines "unborn child" as a human being from fertilization until live birth and "abortion" as any action intended to terminate a pregnancy.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
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Introduced Jun 27, 2024 Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 27, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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.
lower
Jun 27, 2024
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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