I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2497 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to conduct a public health education, awareness, 
and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health 
services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2025 
Ms. CROCKETT (for herself, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. MCCLELLAN, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. ROSS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. LATIMER, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public 
health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to 
enhance access to abortion and related health services. 
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 ‘‘Abortion Care Aware-
ness Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 
ON ACCESS TO ABORTION AND RELATED 
HEALTH SERVICES. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–8. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAM-
PAIGN ON ACCESS TO ABORTION AND RE-
LATED HEALTH SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
coordinated, focused, national public health education, 
awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to 
abortion and related health services. 
‘‘(b) CAMPAIGN
REQUIREMENTS.—The campaign 
under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) include education, awareness, and outreach 
regarding— 
‘‘(A) where and how to access abortion, in-
cluding 
medication 
abortion 
such 
as 
mifepristone and misoprostol, and related 
health services, consistent with applicable State 
and Federal laws, including through— 
‘‘(i) in-person services; and 
‘‘(ii) telehealth; 
‘‘(B) the legality and availability of pre-
scribing, dispensing, and receiving abortion, 
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medication abortion such as mifepristone and 
misoprostol, and other related health services, 
consistent with applicable State and Federal 
laws; 
‘‘(C) medically accurate and complete in-
formation about abortion, including medication 
abortion such as mifepristone and misoprostol; 
‘‘(D) the rights of patients to legally travel 
across State lines to obtain abortion and related 
health services and information on organiza-
tions available to help support patients needing 
to travel for care; 
‘‘(E) how to differentiate facilities com-
monly known as anti-abortion centers or crisis 
pregnancy centers from facilities that actually 
provide abortion and related health services, in-
cluding how to identify— 
‘‘(i) inaccurate or misleading claims 
by such centers about reproductive health 
care; and 
‘‘(ii) inaccurate, misleading, or stig-
matizing information disseminated by such 
centers about abortion and contraception; 
‘‘(F) how to identify disinformation cam-
paigns and misinformation regarding abortion 
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and related health services, including medica-
tion abortion, intended to deceive or discourage 
individuals from accessing such services; and 
‘‘(G) how to protect sensitive personal and 
health information from misuse and surveil-
lance; 
‘‘(2) make the information required by para-
graph (1) available on the Department of Health 
and Human Services website; and 
‘‘(3) be designed to ensure cultural competency, 
efficacy, and accessibility for and within underserved 
communities, including— 
‘‘(A) communities of color; 
‘‘(B) immigrants; 
‘‘(C) people with disabilities; 
‘‘(D) people with limited English pro-
ficiency; 
‘‘(E) people with low incomes; 
‘‘(F) young people; 
‘‘(G) LGBTQI+ people; 
‘‘(H) people living in rural or other medi-
cally underserved areas; and 
‘‘(I) people living on Tribal land or receiv-
ing care through the Indian Health Service. 
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‘‘(c) CAMPAIGN LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out the 
campaign under subsection (a), the Secretary shall not— 
‘‘(1) promote misinformation regarding the 
safety of abortion and related health services, includ-
ing medication abortion; 
‘‘(2) promote misinformation regarding ‘abor-
tion reversal’; 
‘‘(3) 
promote 
abstinence-only-until-marriage 
programs, also referred to as sexual risk avoidance 
education programs, or other programs that are not 
comprehensive or medically accurate; or 
‘‘(4) collect, retain, use, or disclose personal in-
formation about visitors to any website, app, or 
other educational or campaign resource. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the campaign 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with— 
‘‘(1) licensed health care professionals who are 
experts in— 
‘‘(A) sexual and reproductive health; and 
‘‘(B) abortion and related health services, 
including medication abortion; 
‘‘(2) nonprofit organizations whose missions are 
focused on expanding reproductive rights, reproduc-
tive health, and reproductive justice, including funds 
to access abortion; 
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‘‘(3) State and local public health departments; 
and 
‘‘(4) nonprofit institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘abortion and related health 
services’ means abortion and any services related to, 
and provided in conjunction with, an abortion, 
whether or not provided at the same time or on the 
same day as the abortion. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘medically accurate and complete 
information’ means information that is— 
‘‘(A) relevant to informed decision making 
based on current scientific evidence; 
‘‘(B) derived from research using accepted 
scientific methods; 
‘‘(C) consistent with generally recognized 
scientific theory, as demonstrated by publica-
tion in peer-reviewed journals (if available) or 
otherwise; and 
‘‘(D) recognized as accurate, objective, and 
complete by mainstream professional medical 
organizations such as the American Medical As-
sociation, the American College of Obstetricians 
and Gynecologists, the American Public Health 
Association, the American Academy of Pediat-
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rics, and the American Psychological Associa-
tion, and scientific advisory groups such as the 
Institute of Medicine.’’. 
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