Protect Funding for Women's Health Care Act
Sponsored By: Senator Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced
Summary
Bars federal funding for Planned Parenthood and its affiliates. It would require that funds no longer available to Planned Parenthood be made available to other eligible providers to deliver women's health services.
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- Women and families: Says services like contraception, prenatal and postpartum care, well-child visits, immunizations, sexually transmitted disease testing, and cervical and breast cancer screenings would continue to be provided by state and county health departments, community health centers, hospitals, physicians' offices, and other entities.
- Other providers and federal funding: Directs dollars away from Planned Parenthood to other eligible entities, and states this change would not reduce overall federal funding for women's health or alter existing appropriations limits related to abortion.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Protect federal women's health funding
This bill would say nothing in it may change abortion funding limits in other spending laws. It would also say the Act must not reduce total Federal funding for women's health. If enacted, this would aim to keep current federal support and program access for people who use federally supported women's health services.
Ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood
This bill would bar any Federal funds from going to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The ban would apply to its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and clinics. If enacted, federally supported services at those clinics could shrink. You might have less access or pay more out of pocket if you get care there, especially if you are uninsured or on Medicaid.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
IA • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
OK • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
SD • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
ND • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Bill Hagerty
TN • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
MO • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
WY • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
WY • R
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Roll Call Votes
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