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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6883 
To define reproductive coercion as a form of domestic violence, to provide 
Federal judges the authority to intervene in certain cases of domestic 
violence, and to create a private right of action for victims of domestic 
violence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. MIN (for himself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. RANDALL, Ms. POU, Ms. MCDONALD 
RIVET, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WALKINSHAW, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. 
SIMON, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mrs. SYKES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To define reproductive coercion as a form of domestic vio-
lence, to provide Federal judges the authority to inter-
vene in certain cases of domestic violence, and to create 
a private right of action for victims of domestic violence, 
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 Coercion 
Prevention and Protection Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the National Coalition Against 
Domestic Violence and the National Domestic Vio-
lence Hotline, between 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 
women and men become victims of domestic violence 
each year. 
(2) A person can experience domestic violence 
though either intimate partner violence, such as with 
a current or former dating partner, or non-intimate 
partner violence, such as those with whom the per-
son has a familial relationship. 
(3) Intimate partner violence has affected both 
women and men across the United States. For ex-
ample, roughly 20 people every minute are physically 
abused by an intimate partner in the United States. 
In particular, women between the ages of 18 to 34 
experience the highest rates of intimate partner vio-
lence of any group, with over one third of murdered 
women in 2021 were killed in relation to intimate 
partner violence. 
(4) Reproductive coercion is a form of intimate 
violence by an intimate partner, dating partner, do-
mestic partner, or spouse against a person that in-
volves behaviors to exert control over a person’s re-
productive autonomy. 
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(5) Reproductive coercion affects people across 
a wide array of socioeconomic and demographic 
backgrounds. 
(6) Common forms of reproductive coercion in-
clude sabotaging contraceptive methods and coercing 
or forcing a person to either become pregnant or ter-
minate a pregnancy. 
(7) Studies indicate that eight percent to six-
teen percent of adult women in the United States 
have experienced some form of reproductive coercion. 
For example, one-quarter of abuse survivors report 
that their abusive partners have forced them to be-
come pregnant. Additionally, over two-thirds of 
women in physically abusive relationships also expe-
rience sexual assault by the intimate partner, and 
those women are at heightened risk of homicide. 
(8) Homicide is a leading cause of mortality for 
pregnant and postpartum women in the United 
States. 
(9) Persons experiencing reproductive coercion 
are traveling across State lines to neighboring states 
to access reproductive health care, including when 
they lack access to reproductive health care pro-
viders. 
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(10) Due to State-level reproductive health care 
laws, some private companies have adjusted cor-
porate policies to provide, among other provisions, 
travel reimbursements for employees who need to ac-
cess out-of-State reproductive health care. 
(11) Many health insurance plans and medical 
providers commonly offer mail-order delivery of birth 
control, ensuring timely access to medication without 
the need for in-person visits. Concerningly, persons 
experiencing reproductive coercion have reported in-
stances where an intimate partner sabotaged or de-
stroyed their mail-order birth control. 
(12) Health care insurance markets may cover 
or operate across multiple States and may be im-
pacted by different State regulations concerning re-
productive health care and services. 
SEC. 3. REPRODUCTIVE COERCION. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Title IV of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S. Code 
12291 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 40002— 
(A) in paragraph (12), by inserting the 
phrase ‘‘, including reproductive coercion’’ after 
the phrase ‘‘coercive behavior’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(53) REPRODUCTIVE
COERCION.—The term 
‘reproductive coercion’— 
‘‘(A) means control over the reproductive 
autonomy of another through sexual assault, 
force, threat of force, or intimidation; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) pressuring or coercing another to 
become pregnant or to terminate a preg-
nancy; 
‘‘(ii) deliberately or physically imped-
ing, manipulating, or sabotaging contra-
ception use or access to reproductive 
health information; or 
‘‘(iii) using coercive or manipulative 
tactics to control, or attempt to control, a 
pregnancy outcome either by the continu-
ation of a pregnancy or the termination of 
a pregnancy.’’; and 
(2) by adding after section 40221 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 40222. CIVIL ACTION FOR REPRODUCTIVE COERCION 
AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
‘‘(a) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—An individual al-
leging that a covered defendant, in the circumstances de-
scribed under subsection (b), engaged in domestic violence 
may bring a civil action against such covered defendant 
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in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages under 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED.—For the pur-
poses of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this 
subsection are that— 
‘‘(1) the covered defendant or victim traveled in 
interstate or foreign commerce, or traveled using 
means, channel, or facility, or instrumentality of 
interstate or foreign commerce, in furtherance of the 
conduct described in subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) the covered defendant used a means, chan-
nel, facility, or instrumentality of foreign commerce 
in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(3) any payment of any kind was made, di-
rectly or indirectly, in furtherance of the conduct de-
scribed in subsection (a) using any means, channel, 
facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 
commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign 
commerce; 
‘‘(4) the covered defendant transmitted in inter-
state or foreign commerce any communication in 
furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 
(a) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-
tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-
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fecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 
or in any manner, including by computer, mail, wire, 
or electromagnetic transmission; 
‘‘(5) any instrument, item, substance, or other 
object that has traveled in interstate or foreign com-
merce was used to perform the conduct described in 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) oc-
curred within the special maritime and territorial ju-
risdiction of the United States, or any territory or 
possession of the United States; or 
‘‘(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) 
otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or for-
eign commerce. 
‘‘(c) DAMAGES.—In a civil action brought under sub-
section (a), the court may award— 
‘‘(1) actual damages; 
‘‘(2) punitive damages; and 
‘‘(3) any other relief the court determines ap-
propriate, including injunctive relief. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to— 
‘‘(1) modify, limit, or supersede the ability of a 
State court to grant or take away custody of chil-
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dren, property, or pets shared between the parties to 
the case; 
‘‘(2) modify, limit, or supersede the jurisdiction 
of a State court; 
‘‘(3) modify, limit, or supersede a State defini-
tion of domestic violence or reproductive coercion for 
the purpose of State law or any remedy available 
under State law; or 
‘‘(4) limit the ability for an Article III court to 
remand an entire case or portion of a case to a State 
court based on the case’s jurisdiction where appro-
priate. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ means any violation of the law of the ju-
risdiction where the conduct occurred or the victim 
resides, by a covered defendant, including— 
‘‘(A) the use or attempted use of physical 
abuse or sexual abuse; 
‘‘(B) a single instance or pattern of repro-
ductive coercion; and 
‘‘(C) any coercive behavior committed to 
gain or maintain power and control over a vic-
tim, including verbal, psychological, economic, 
or technological abuse. 
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‘‘(2) COVERED
DEFENDANT.—The term ‘cov-
ered defendant’ means, an individual, who with re-
spect to a victim— 
‘‘(A) is the spouse, intimate partner, dat-
ing partner, or domestic partner or a previous 
spouse, intimate partner, dating partner, or do-
mestic partner; 
‘‘(B) is a person similarly situated to a 
spouse or previous spouse; 
‘‘(C) is cohabitating, or has cohabitated, 
with the victim; 
‘‘(D) shares a child in common with the 
victim; or 
‘‘(E) is a non-intimate partner with a fa-
milial relationship, including a grandparent, 
aunt or uncle, parent, brother, sister, or in- 
law.’’. 
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