Ensuring OB–GYN Care in Prisons Act

More OB-GYN care for incarcerated women

If enacted, this bill would require each federal prison that houses women to employ at least one full‑time, board‑certified OB‑GYN. The Bureau of Prisons would have to fill any required OB‑GYN vacancy within 42 days and ensure each woman sees the facility OB‑GYN within 14 days of imprisonment. The OB‑GYN would provide menstrual care and pain relief; contraception counseling and access; diagnosis and treatment of gynecological conditions; cancer screenings per clinical guidelines; prenatal, postpartum, and birth care; and postpartum depression screening. Patients would get informed consent, could refuse non‑emergency exams, and would be communicated with in their preferred language, with trauma‑informed care for sexual‑violence survivors. The BOP would have to refer medically necessary specialist care, and transportation or security could not delay it; care could not be denied because of cost or staffing.