I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 688 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to furnish tailored 
information to expecting mothers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2025 
Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to furnish tailored information to expecting mothers, 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 ‘‘Standing with Moms 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AWARENESS FOR EXPECTING MOTHERS. 
The Public Health Service Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘TITLE XXXIV—AWARENESS FOR 
EXPECTING MOTHERS 
‘‘SEC. 3401. WEBSITE AND PORTAL. 
‘‘(a) WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 
a user-friendly public website, life.gov, to provide a com-
prehensive list of Federal, State, local governmental, and 
private resources available to pregnant women including— 
‘‘(1) resources to mental health counseling, 
pregnancy counseling, and other prepartum and 
postpartum services; 
‘‘(2) comprehensive information on alternatives 
to abortion; 
‘‘(3) information about abortion risks, including 
complications and failures; and 
‘‘(4) links to information on child development 
from moment of conception. 
‘‘(b) PORTAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 
a portal on the public website of the Department of Health 
and Human Services that— 
‘‘(1) through a series of questions, will furnish 
specific tailored information to the user on what 
pregnancy-related information they are looking for, 
such as— 
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‘‘(A) Federal, State, local governmental, 
and private resources that may be available to 
the woman within her ZIP Code, including the 
resources specified in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) risks related to abortion at all stages 
of fetal gestation; and 
‘‘(2) provides for the submission of feedback on 
how user-friendly and helpful the portal was in pro-
viding the tailored information the user was seeking. 
‘‘(c) RESOURCES.—The Federal, State, local govern-
mental, and private resources specified in this subsection 
are the following: 
‘‘(1) Mentorship opportunities, including preg-
nancy help and case management resources. 
‘‘(2) Health and well-being services, including 
women’s medical services such as obstetrical and 
gynecological support services for women, abortion 
pill reversal, breastfeeding, general health services, 
primary care, and dental care. 
‘‘(3) Financial assistance, work opportunities, 
nutrition assistance, childcare, and education oppor-
tunities. 
‘‘(4) Material or legal support, including trans-
portation, food, nutrition, clothing, household goods, 
baby supplies, housing, shelters, maternity homes, 
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