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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6914 

To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on 

the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 5, 2024 

Mrs. HINSON introduced the following bill 

JANUARY 9, 2024 

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To require institutions of higher education to disseminate 

information on the rights of, and accommodations and 

resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pregnant Students’ 

5 Rights Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

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1 (1) Female students enrolled at institutions of 

2 higher education and experiencing an unplanned 

3 pregnancy may face pressure that their only option 

4 is to receive an abortion or risk academic failure. 

5 (2) Almost 30 percent of all abortions in the 

6 United States are performed on women of college 

7 age, between the ages of 20 and 24, according to a 

8 2021 report by the Centers for Disease Control and 

9 Prevention. 

10 (3) A significant proportion of abortions in the 

11 United States are performed on women of college 

12 age who may be unaware of their rights to accom13 modation and prohibitions against discrimination 

14 due to pregnancy under title IX of the Education 

15 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or 

16 deprived of information about abortion alternatives. 

17 (4) Additionally, women on college campuses 

18 may fear institutional reprisal, loss of athletic schol19 arship, and possible negative impact on academic op20 portunities during the pregnancy and after child21 birth. 

22 (5) An academic disparity exists because of the 

23 lack of resources, support, and notifications available 

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1 ceive an abortion or who carry their unborn babies 

2 to term. 

3 SEC. 3. NOTICE OF PREGNANT STUDENT RIGHTS, ACCOM4 MODATIONS, AND RESOURCES. 

5 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(n) PREGNANT STUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA9 TIONS, AND RESOURCES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of higher 

11 education participating in any program under this 

12 title shall carry out the information dissemination 

13 activities described in paragraph (3) for prospective 

14 and enrolled students (including those attending or 

15 planning to attend less than full time) regarding the 

16 information described in paragraph (2) on the rights 

17 of, and resources (including protections and accom18 modations) for, pregnant students and students who 

19 may become pregnant while enrolled at such institu20 tion of higher education. 

21 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION CONTENT.—The informa22 tion on the rights of, and resources (including pro23 tections and accommodations) for, pregnant students 

24 and students who may become pregnant described in 

25 this paragraph shall include— 

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1 ‘‘(A) a list of resources on campus and in 

2 the community that exist to help a pregnant 

3 student in carrying the baby to term and caring 

4 for the baby after birth; 

5 ‘‘(B) information about the accommoda6 tions available to help a pregnant student carry 

7 the baby to term and parent the baby after 

8 birth; and 

9 ‘‘(C) information on how to file a com10 plaint with— 

11 ‘‘(i) the Department of Education, if 

12 a student believes there was a violation by 

13 the institution of title IX of the Education 

14 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 

15 seq.) on account of such student’s preg16 nancy, including a failure to accommodate 

17 such pregnancy, or childbirth; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the institution, if a student be19 lieves the student has been discriminated 

20 against in violation of such title IX on ac21 count of the student’s pregnancy or child22 birth. 

23 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ACTIVI24 TIES.—The information dissemination activities de25 scribed in this paragraph shall include— 

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1 ‘‘(A) an email to each enrolled student at 

2 the start of each period of study during an aca3 demic year; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the provision of information— 

5 ‘‘(i) in student handbooks, if any; 

6 ‘‘(ii) at each orientation for enrolled 

7 students; 

8 ‘‘(iii) at student health or counseling 

9 centers, if any; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) on the publicly available website 

11 of the institution of higher education.’’. 

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