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119-hr-2226119th Congress

Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

Introduced

Summary

Protects pregnancy centers and other "life-affirming" providers from federal discrimination for refusing to perform, refer for, or promote abortions. This bill would add Sections 245A and 245B to the Public Health Service Act to bar the federal government and recipients of federal funds from imposing abortion-related requirements and to create a private civil enforcement route.

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  • Pregnancy centers, adoption providers, maternity homes, and similar organizations would be protected from being required to offer, provide, distribute, counsel in favor of, or refer for abortions or abortion-inducing drugs.
  • Federal agencies and any recipient of federal financial assistance, including state and local governments, would be barred from discriminating against those entities for declining to participate in abortion-related services.
  • The Attorney General or any individual or entity harmed by an actual or threatened violation could sue without first exhausting administrative remedies and seek injunctive relief, money and compensatory damages, and reasonable attorneys' fees.

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New protections and lawsuits for pregnancy centers

If enacted, the federal government and recipients of federal health funds, including states and cities, could not discriminate against life-affirming pregnancy centers. They could not require them to perform, refer for, or promote abortions or abortion‑inducing drugs, or to post abortion ads. They also could not block pregnancy, childbirth, or parenting services because the provider does not do abortions. The Attorney General or any harmed party could sue without agency steps first. Courts could stop the violation, award money (even against governments), and require losing defendants to pay a winner’s legal fees. This would not block voluntary abortion participation where legal or change federal emergency care duties.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

NJ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 3/18/2025

  • Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 3/18/2025

  • Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]

    ID • R

    Sponsored 3/21/2025

  • Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 3/24/2025

  • Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 3/24/2025

  • Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]

    MN • R

    Sponsored 3/24/2025

  • Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 3/26/2025

  • Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]

    MD • R

    Sponsored 4/1/2025

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 5/5/2025

  • Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 5/13/2025

  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 6/10/2025

  • Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 12/2/2025

Roll Call Votes

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