I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4876 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide abortion care, counseling, and related services and 
medication to certain individuals who receive health care furnished by 
the Secretary, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 5, 2025 
Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. DEXTER, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, 
Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. 
ROSS, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mr. MIN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. LARSEN 
of Washington, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, 
Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. SORENSEN, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. LIEU, Ms. JAYAPAL, 
Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. WHITESIDES, Ms. SIMON, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. POCAN, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
LEGER
FERNANDEZ, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. WATSON
COLEMAN, Ms. 
MCBRIDE, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. MORRISON, Ms. WILSON 
of Florida, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Mr. SWALWELL, 
Mr. MULLIN, Ms. RANDALL, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
NORCROSS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BELL, Mr. JACKSON 
of Illinois, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SCANLON, 
Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. NADLER, 
Mr. RILEY of New York, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. TONKO, 
Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. GOODLANDER, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SMITH 
of Washington, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care, coun-
seling, and related services and medication to certain 
individuals who receive health care furnished by the Sec-
retary, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Reproductive Freedom 
for Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ABORTION CARE, COUNSELING, AND RELATED 
SERVICES AND MEDICATION FOR CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE 
FURNISHED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1720M. Abortion care, counseling, and related serv-
ices and medication 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Hospital care and medical serv-
ices furnished by the Secretary to a covered individual 
under this chapter shall include abortion and related care, 
services, counseling, and medication. 
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‘‘(b) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—The term 
‘covered individual’ means— 
‘‘(1) a covered veteran (as defined in section 
1703 of this title); and 
‘‘(2) an individual eligible for benefits under 
subsection (a) of section 1781 of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1720L the following new 
item: 
‘‘1720M. Abortion care, counseling, and related services and medication.’’. 
Æ 
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