US Congress House Bill 2975 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 218-0)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits state or local governments from imposing certain restrictions on access to abortion services. Specifically, state or local government may not require unnecessary tests or procedures in connection with the provision of abortion services, the same health care provider who provides abortion services to perform such tests or procedures, providers to offer medically inaccurate information to patients before or during abortion services, providers to refrain from prescribing certain drugs, certain hospital facility transfer agreements, one or more medically unnecessary in-person visits, or patients to disclose the reason for seeking abortion services. The bill also prohibits limitations or requirements that both single out and impede access to abortion services based on a number of factors (e.g., restrictions that are reasonably likely to decrease the availability of abortion services in a state). A state or local government also may not prohibit abortions prior to fetal viability nor prohibit abortions after fetal viability in cases where the health care provider determines that continuing the pregnancy poses a risk to the patient's life or health.Additionally, the Department of Justice, individuals, or health care providers may bring a lawsuit to prospectively enjoin a limitation or restriction that is prohibited by this bill. The bill further requires the government defending such a limitation or restriction to show that (1) it significantly advances the safety of abortion services or patient health, and (2) such advancement cannot be met by a less-restrictive measure.

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019

Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]
Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Kwanza Hall [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-05-23	House	Introduced in House

SB1645 (Same As) 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2975/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2975/BILLS-116hr2975ih.pdf