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S. 2150 · 119th Congress

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

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IntroducedJun 24, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
Passed HouseNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Jun 24, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 7 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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S. 2150 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 7 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the Senate (Jun 24, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Purpose
  • Sec. 3 Definitions
  • Sec. 4 Protected activities and services
  • Sec. 5 Protection of the right to travel
  • Sec. 6 Applicability and preemption
  • Sec. 7 Rules of construction
  • Sec. 8 Enforcement
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

    From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

    What it does

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    Women'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 Senate, 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

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    1. Jun 24, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Senate
    2. Jun 24, 2025Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

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    Cosponsors

    • Angela D. Alsobrooks D-MD
    • Michael F. Bennet D-CO
    • Richard Blumenthal D-CT
    • Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
    • Cory A. Booker D-NJ
    • Maria Cantwell D-WA
    • Christopher A. Coons D-DE
    • Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV
    • Tammy Duckworth D-IL
    • Richard J. Durbin D-IL
    • John Fetterman D-PA
    • Ruben Gallego D-AZ
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    • Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY
    • Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH
    • Martin Heinrich D-NM
    • John W. Hickenlooper D-CO
    • Mazie K. Hirono D-HI
    • Tim Kaine D-VA
    • Mark Kelly D-AZ
    • Andy Kim D-NJ
    • Angus S. King, Jr. I-ME
    • Amy Klobuchar D-MN
    • Ben Ray Luján D-NM
    • Edward J. Markey D-MA
    • Jeff Merkley D-OR
    • Christopher Murphy D-CT
    • Patty Murray D-WA
    • Jon Ossoff D-GA
    • Alex Padilla D-CA
    • Gary C. Peters D-MI
    • Jack Reed D-RI
    • Jacky Rosen D-NV
    • Bernard Sanders I-VT
    • Brian Schatz D-HI
    • Adam B. Schiff D-CA
    • Charles E. Schumer D-NY
    • Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
    • Elissa Slotkin D-MI
    • Tina Smith D-MN
    • Chris Van Hollen D-MD
    • Mark R. Warner D-VA
    • Raphael G. Warnock D-GA
    • Elizabeth Warren D-MA
    • Peter Welch D-VT
    • Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
    • Ron Wyden D-OR