SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Life Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFYING SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COV-
ERAGE OF ABORTION SERVICES UNDER THE 
PATIENT 
PROTECTION 
AND 
AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT TO CONFORM TO LONG-STANDING 
FEDERAL POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1303 of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), 
as amended by section 10104(c) of such Act, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) of sub-
section (b) as subsection (d) and transferring such 
subsection (d) after the subsection (c) inserted by 
paragraph (4) of this subsection with appropriate in-
dentation (and conforming the style of the heading 
to a subsection heading); 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO TRAINING IN 
AND COVERAGE OF ABORTION SERVICES.—Nothing in 
this Act (or any amendment made by this Act) shall be 
construed to require any health plan to provide coverage 
of or access to abortion services or to allow the Secretary
or any other Federal or non-Federal person or entity in 
implementing this Act (or amendment) to require coverage 
of, access to, or training in abortion services.’’; 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ABORTION FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No funds authorized or ap-
propriated by this Act (or an amendment made by 
this Act), including credits applied toward qualified 
health plans under section 36B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 or cost-sharing reductions under 
section 1402 of this Act, may be used to pay for any 
abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any 
health plan that includes coverage of abortion, ex-
cept— 
‘‘(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest; or 
‘‘(B) in the case where a pregnant female 
suffers from a physical disorder, physical in-
jury, or physical illness that would, as certified 
by a physician, place the female in danger of 
death unless an abortion is performed, includ-
ing a life-endangering physical condition caused 
by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
‘‘(2) OPTION
TO
PURCHASE
SEPARATE
COV-
ERAGE OR PLAN.—Nothing in this subsection shall 
be construed as prohibiting any non-Federal entity 
(including an individual or a State or local govern-
ment) from purchasing separate coverage for abor-
tions for which funding is prohibited under this sub-
section, or a qualified health plan that includes such 
abortions, so long as— 
‘‘(A) such coverage or plan is paid for en-
tirely using only funds not authorized or appro-
priated by this Act; and 
‘‘(B) such coverage or plan is not pur-
chased using— 
‘‘(i) individual premium payments re-
quired for a qualified health plan offered 
through an Exchange towards which a 
credit is applied under section 36B of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
‘‘(ii) other non-Federal funds required 
to receive a Federal payment, including a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Med-
icaid matching funds. 
‘‘(3) OPTION TO OFFER COVERAGE OR PLAN.— 
Nothing 
in 
this 
subsection 
or 
section 
1311(d)(2)(B)(i) shall restrict any non-Federal