Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
The bill bars any federal funds (directly or indirectly) to colleges that host or are affiliated with campus clinics providing abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees. Affected institutions must annually certify to the Education and Health and Human Services Secretaries that no school-based service site provides abortion drugs or abortions.
Progressives emphasize reduced student contraceptive and abortion access
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive policy change that clearly states a prohibition on Federal funding tied to campus-affiliated provision of abortion drugs or abortions and includes definitional and reporting elements, but it leaves substantial implementation, fiscal, and enforcement details unspecified.
The bill bars any federal funds (directly or indirectly) to colleges that host or are affiliated with campus clinics providing abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees.
Affected institutions must annually certify to the Education and Health and Human Services Secretaries that no school-based service site provides abortion drugs or abortions.
The bill defines “abortion drug,” “institution of higher education,” and “school-based service site” (campus clinics excluding hospitals).
High-visibility, divisive abortion restriction tied to federal funding faces steep Senate hurdles and likely legal and political pushback.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive policy change that clearly states a prohibition on Federal funding tied to campus-affiliated provision of abortion drugs or abortions and includes definitional and reporting elements, but it leaves substantial implementation, fiscal, and enforcement details unspecified.
Progressives emphasize reduced student contraceptive and abortion access
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize reduced student contraceptive and abortion access
Likely strongly opposed.
Views the bill as a restriction on reproductive health access for students and a federal intrusion into campus health services.
Sees certification and funding threats as coercive and harmful to marginalized students.
Mixed view.
Appreciates clear federal funding rules but worries about unintended consequences for student health, administrative burden, and litigation.
Would seek narrower drafting and safeguards for non-abortion health services.
Likely strongly supportive.
Views the bill as preventing federal funding from supporting campus abortion provision and protecting unborn life.
Values the certification mechanism as enforcing accountability for taxpayer dollars.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
High-visibility, divisive abortion restriction tied to federal funding faces steep Senate hurdles and likely legal and political pushback.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize reduced student contraceptive and abortion access
High-visibility, divisive abortion restriction tied to federal funding faces steep Senate hurdles and likely legal and political pushback.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive policy change that clearly states a prohibition on Federal funding tied to campus-affiliated provision of abortion drugs or abortions and includes de…
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