What it does
SourcedWomen's Health Protection Act of 2025
This bill prohibits governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, abortion services.
Before fetal viability, governments may not restrict providers from
• using particular abortion procedures or drugs,
• offering abortion services via telemedicine, or
• immediately providing abortion services if delaying risks the patient's health.
Furthermore, governments may not require providers to
• perform unnecessary medical procedures,
• provide medically inaccurate information, or
• comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers who offer medically comparable services to abortions.
Additionally, governments may not require patients to make medically unnecessary in-person visits before receiving abortion services or disclose their reasons for obtaining services.
After fetal viability, governments may not restrict providers from performing abortions when necessary to protect a patient's life and health. The same provisions that apply to abortions before viability also apply to necessary abortions after viability. Additionally, states may authorize post-viability abortions in circumstances beyond those that the bill considers necessary.
Further, the bill recognizes an individual's right to interstate travel, including for abortion services.
Read the whole official summary (254 words, about 1 min)
The bill also prohibits governments from implementing measures that are similar to those restricted by the bill or that otherwise target and impede access to abortion services, unless the measure significantly advances the safety of abortion services or health of patients and cannot be achieved through less restrictive means.
The Department of Justice, individuals, or providers may sue states or government officials to enforce this bill, regardless of certain immunity that would otherwise apply.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 24, 2025).
Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.
What has happened
Sourced- Jun 24, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
Cosponsors
- Alma S. Adams D-NC-12
- Pete Aguilar D-CA-33
- Gabe Amo D-RI-1
- Yassamin Ansari D-AZ-3
- Jake Auchincloss D-MA-4
- Becca Balint D-VT-At Large
- Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA-44
- Joyce Beatty D-OH-3
- Wesley Bell D-MO-1
- Ami Bera D-CA-6
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA-8
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. D-GA-2
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- Everton Blair Jr. D-GA-13
- Suzanne Bonamici D-OR-1
- Brendan F. Boyle D-PA-2
- Shontel M. Brown D-OH-11
- Julia Brownley D-CA-26
- Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
- Janelle S. Bynum D-OR-5
- Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
- André Carson D-IN-7
- Troy A. Carter D-LA-2
- Greg Casar D-TX-35
- Ed Case D-HI-1
- Sean Casten D-IL-6
- Kathy Castor D-FL-14
- Joaquin Castro D-TX-20
- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL-20
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D-CA-31
- Katherine M. Clark D-MA-5
- Yvette D. Clarke D-NY-9
- Emanuel Cleaver D-MO-5
- Steve Cohen D-TN-9
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D-NJ-3
- J. Luis Correa D-CA-46
- Jim Costa D-CA-21
- Joe Courtney D-CT-2
- Angie Craig D-MN-2
- Jasmine Crockett D-TX-30
- Jason Crow D-CO-6
- Sharice Davids D-KS-3
- Danny K. Davis D-IL-7
- Madeleine Dean D-PA-4
- Diana DeGette D-CO-1
- Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT-3
- Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
- Christopher R. Deluzio D-PA-17
- Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
- Maxine Dexter D-OR-3
- Debbie Dingell D-MI-6
- Lloyd Doggett D-TX-37
- Sarah Elfreth D-MD-3
- Veronica Escobar D-TX-16
- Adriano Espaillat D-NY-13
- Dwight Evans D-PA-3
- Cleo Fields D-LA-6
- Shomari Figures D-AL-2
- Lizzie Fletcher D-TX-7
- Bill Foster D-IL-11
- Valerie P. Foushee D-NC-4
- Lois Frankel D-FL-22
- Laura Friedman D-CA-30
- Maxwell Frost D-FL-10
- John Garamendi D-CA-8
- Robert Garcia D-CA-42
- Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX-29
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL-4
- Laura Gillen D-NY-4
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WA-3
- Jared F. Golden D-ME-2
- Daniel S. Goldman D-NY-10
- Jimmy Gomez D-CA-34
- Maggie Goodlander D-NH-2
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
- Al Green D-TX-9
- Adelita S. Grijalva D-AZ-7
- Josh Harder D-CA-9
- Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
- James A. Himes D-CT-4
- Steven Horsford D-NV-4
- Chrissy Houlahan D-PA-6
- Steny H. Hoyer D-MD-5
- Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
- Jared Huffman D-CA-2
- Glenn Ivey D-MD-4
- Sara Jacobs D-CA-51
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA-7
- Hakeem S. Jeffries D-NY-8
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA-4
- Julie Johnson D-TX-32
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
- Marcy Kaptur D-OH-9
- William R. Keating D-MA-9
- Robin L. Kelly D-IL-2
- Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY-26
- Ro Khanna D-CA-17
- Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL-8
- Greg Landsman D-OH-1
- Rick Larsen D-WA-2
- John B. Larson D-CT-1
- George Latimer D-NY-16
- Susie Lee D-NV-3
- Summer L. Lee D-PA-12
- Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM-3
- Mike Levin D-CA-49
- Sam T. Liccardo D-CA-16
- Ted Lieu D-CA-36
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA-18
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA-8
- Seth Magaziner D-RI-2
- John W. Mannion D-NY-22
- Doris O. Matsui D-CA-7
- Lucy McBath D-GA-6
- Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
- April McClain Delaney D-MD-6
- Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA-4
- Betty McCollum D-MN-4
- Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MI-8
- Morgan McGarvey D-KY-3
- James P. McGovern D-MA-2
- LaMonica McIver D-NJ-10
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY-5
- Analilia Mejia D-NJ-11
- Robert Menendez D-NJ-8
- Grace Meng D-NY-6
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD-7
- Dave Min D-CA-47
- Gwen Moore D-WI-4
- Joseph D. Morelle D-NY-25
- Kelly Morrison D-MN-3
- Jared Moskowitz D-FL-23
- Seth Moulton D-MA-6
- Frank J. Mrvan D-IN-1
- Kevin Mullin D-CA-15
- Jerrold Nadler D-NY-12
- Richard E. Neal D-MA-1
- Joe Neguse D-CO-2
- Donald Norcross D-NJ-1
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY-14
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. D-MD-2
- Ilhan Omar D-MN-5
- Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ-6
- Jimmy Panetta D-CA-19
- Chris Pappas D-NH-1
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA-11
- Scott H. Peters D-CA-50
- Brittany Pettersen D-CO-7
- Chellie Pingree D-ME-1
- Mark Pocan D-WI-2
- Nellie Pou D-NJ-9
- Ayanna Pressley D-MA-7
- Mike Quigley D-IL-5
- Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
- Emily Randall D-WA-6
- Jamie Raskin D-MD-8
- Josh Riley D-NY-19
- Luz M. Rivas D-CA-29
- Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
- Raul Ruiz D-CA-25
- Patrick Ryan D-NY-18
- Andrea Salinas D-OR-6
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA-38
- Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA-5
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL-9
- Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL-10
- Hillary J. Scholten D-MI-3
- Kim Schrier D-WA-8
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA-3
- Rep. David Scott D-GA-13
- Terri A. Sewell D-AL-7
- Brad Sherman D-CA-32
- Rep. Mikie Sherrill D-NJ-11
- Lateefah Simon D-CA-12
- Adam Smith D-WA-9
- Eric Sorensen D-IL-17
- Darren Soto D-FL-9
- Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM-1
- Greg Stanton D-AZ-4
- Haley M. Stevens D-MI-11
- Marilyn Strickland D-WA-10
- Suhas Subramanyam D-VA-10
- Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY-3
- Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CA-14
- Emilia Strong Sykes D-OH-13
- Mark Takano D-CA-39
- Shri Thanedar D-MI-13
- Bennie G. Thompson D-MS-2
- Mike Thompson D-CA-4
- Dina Titus D-NV-1
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
- Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
- Paul Tonko D-NY-20
- Norma J. Torres D-CA-35
- Ritchie Torres D-NY-15
- Lori Trahan D-MA-3
- Derek Tran D-CA-45
- Lauren Underwood D-IL-14
- Juan Vargas D-CA-52
- Gabe Vasquez D-NM-2
- Marc A. Veasey D-TX-33
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY-7
- Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
- James R. Walkinshaw D-VA-11
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL-25
- Maxine Waters D-CA-43
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ-12
- George Whitesides D-CA-27
- Nikema Williams D-GA-5
- Frederica S. Wilson D-FL-24