I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5650 
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for no discrimi-
nation under the family planning program under such title on the basis 
of separate provision of abortion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2012 
Mr. DOLD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for no discrimination under the family planning program 
under such title on the basis of separate provision of 
abortion. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Women’s 
Access to Health Care Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The family planning program under title X 
of the Public Health Service Act was created in 
1970 to ensure low-income women have access to 
birth control, breast and cervical cancer screenings, 
and other basic health care services. 
(2) Under current law, funds provided under 
such title X cannot be used in programs where abor-
tion is a method of family planning. 
(3) Federal courts have consistently held that it 
is a violation of Federal law for States to discrimi-
nate against health care providers by excluding such 
providers from participating in title X on the basis 
that such providers provide abortion services using 
funds that are not provided under such title X (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘non-title X funding’’). 
(4) Despite these court findings, State and local 
governments continue to seek to pass laws intended 
to prevent health care providers from being eligible 
for funding under such title X on the basis that such 
providers provide abortion services with non-title X 
funding. 
(5) These State laws threaten access to life-
saving 
cancer 
screenings, 
birth 
control, 
and 
screenings for sexually transmitted infections for 
women across the country. 
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(6) Therefore, this Act clarifies and reaffirms 
existing Federal law that prohibits a Federal agency 
or program or a State or local government from ex-
cluding qualified health care providers from partici-
pating in the Federal title X program on the basis 
of the scope of practice of such providers and the 
provision by such providers of abortion services with 
non-title X funding. 
SEC. 3. NO DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE TITLE X FAMILY 
PLANNING PROGRAM ON BASIS OF SEPARATE 
PROVISION OF ABORTION WITH NON-TITLE X 
FUNDING. 
Title X of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1009. NO DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF SEPARATE 
PROVISION OF ABORTION WITH NON-TITLE X 
FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any entity that receives a grant 
or contract under this title may not subject any institu-
tional or individual health care entity to discrimination on 
the basis of whether the health care entity separately pro-
vides or refers for abortions, provides employees coverage 
of abortions, or provides or requires training in the per-
formance of abortions. 
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‘‘(b) HEALTH CARE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘health care entity’ includes an individual 
physician or other health care professional, a hospital, or 
any other kind of health care facility or organization.’’. 
Æ 
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