H.R. 4876

119 HR 4876 IH: Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-05
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4876  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 5, 2025   Ms. Brownley  (for herself,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Dexter ,  Ms. Moore of Wisconsin ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Mr. Krishnamoorthi ,  Mr. Kennedy of New York ,  Mr. Moulton ,  Mr. McGovern ,  Ms. Craig ,  Mr. Gottheimer ,  Ms. Ross ,  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Peters ,  Mr. McGarvey ,  Mr. Takano ,  Mr. Min ,  Ms. Garcia of Texas ,  Mrs. Ramirez ,  Mr. Larsen of Washington ,  Ms. Strickland ,  Ms. Tokuda ,  Mr. Golden of Maine ,  Ms. Budzinski ,  Ms. Castor of Florida ,  Mr. Sorensen ,  Ms. Titus ,  Ms. Williams of Georgia ,  Mr. Garcia of California ,  Mr. Lieu ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Ms. Schrier ,  Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida ,  Ms. Ansari ,  Ms. Chu ,  Mr. Levin ,  Mrs. Fletcher ,  Ms. Crockett ,  Mr. Doggett ,  Mr. Ruiz ,  Mr. Carbajal ,  Mr. Whitesides ,  Ms. Simon ,  Mr. Carson ,  Mr. Case ,  Mr. Espaillat ,  Mr. Pocan ,  Ms. Jacobs ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Ms. Sánchez ,  Ms. Leger Fernandez ,  Mr. Cohen ,  Mrs. Watson Coleman ,  Ms. McBride ,  Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick ,  Ms. Morrison ,  Ms. Wilson of Florida ,  Ms. Bonamici ,  Mrs. McClain Delaney ,  Mr. Swalwell ,  Mr. Mullin ,  Ms. Randall ,  Mr. Casten ,  Ms. Johnson of Texas ,  Mr. Norcross ,  Mr. Schneider ,  Ms. Barragán ,  Mr. Bell ,  Mr. Jackson of Illinois ,  Ms. Friedman ,  Mr. Olszewski ,  Mr. Quigley ,  Ms. Scanlon ,  Mr. Cisneros ,  Mr. Pappas ,  Mr. Thompson of California ,  Mr. Nadler ,  Mr. Riley of New York ,  Mr. Torres of New York ,  Mr. Scott of Virginia ,  Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. DeGette ,  Ms. Houlahan ,  Ms. Clarke of New York ,  Ms. Stansbury ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Mr. Tonko ,  Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. McClellan ,  Mr. Larson of Connecticut ,  Mr. García of Illinois ,  Ms. Pingree ,  Ms. Goodlander ,  Ms. McCollum ,  Ms. Underwood ,  Ms. Pelosi ,  Mr. Stanton ,  Mr. Smith of Washington ,  Ms. Sewell , and  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication to certain individuals who receive health care furnished by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act  .
2.
Abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication for certain individuals eligible for health care furnished by Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(a)
In general
Subchapter II of  chapter 17  of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
1720M.
Abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication
(a)
In general
Hospital care and medical services furnished by the Secretary to a covered individual under this chapter shall include abortion and related care, services, counseling, and medication.
(b)
Covered individual defined
The term  covered individual  means—
(1)
a covered veteran (as defined in section 1703 of this title); and
(2)
an individual eligible for benefits under subsection (a) of section 1781 of this title.
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(b)
Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1720L the following new item:
1720M. Abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication.
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