119-s177

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 177 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 177

 To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of 
 America.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 22, 2025

 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Daines, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Thune, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
 Cramer, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Banks, Mr. Hawley, and Mrs. 
 Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of 
 America.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Funding for Women's Health 
Care Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds as follows:

    (1) State and county health departments, community health 
 centers, hospitals, physicians offices, and other entities 
 currently provide, and will continue to provide, health 
 services to women. Such health services include relevant 
 diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care, 
 prenatal and postpartum care, immunization, family planning 
 services including contraception, sexually transmitted disease 
 testing, cervical and breast cancer screenings, and referrals.

    (2) Many such entities provide services to all persons, 
 regardless of the person's ability to pay, and provide services 
 in medically underserved areas and to medically underserved 
 populations.

    (3) All funds no longer available to Planned Parenthood 
 Federation of America will continue to be made available to 
 other eligible entities to provide women's health care 
 services.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America, or to any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or 
clinics.

    (b) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to--

    (1) affect any limitation contained in an appropriations 
 Act relating to abortion; or

    (2) reduce overall Federal funding available in support of 
 women's health.
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