I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 771 
To ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every woman, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2017 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. KILDEE, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. ELLISON, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
NORCROSS, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Mr. WELCH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
SCOTT
of Virginia, Ms. FRANKEL
of Florida, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. BEYER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. HECK, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Mr. BERA, Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. RICHMOND, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. KELLY of 
Illinois, 
Mr. 
KHANNA, 
Ms. 
TSONGAS, 
Mr. 
MCNERNEY, 
Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. POCAN, Ms. ESTY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
PETERS, and Mrs. TORRES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Re-
form, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
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A BILL 
To ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every 
woman, 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 ‘‘Equal Access to Abor-
tion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act 
of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Affordable, comprehensive health insurance 
that includes coverage for a full range of pregnancy- 
related care, including abortion, is critical to the 
health of every woman. 
(2) Neither a woman’s income level nor her 
type of insurance should prevent her from having ac-
cess to a full range of pregnancy-related care, in-
cluding abortion services. 
(3) No woman should have the decision to have, 
or not to have, an abortion made for her based on 
her ability or inability to afford the procedure. 
(4) Since 1976, the Federal Government has 
withheld funds for abortion coverage in most cir-
cumstances. As a 2017 analysis by the Guttmacher 
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Institute shows, this affects women of reproductive 
age in the United States who are insured through 
the Medicaid program, as well as women who receive 
insurance or care through other Federal health plans 
and programs. Of women aged 15–44 enrolled in 
Medicaid in 2015, 58 percent lived in the 35 States 
and the District of Columbia that do not cover abor-
tion, except in limited circumstances. This amounts 
to roughly 7.5 million women of reproductive age, 
including 3.5 million women living below the Federal 
poverty level. Women of color are disproportionately 
likely to be insured by the Medicaid program: Na-
tionwide, 31 percent of Black women and 27 percent 
of Hispanic women aged 15–44 were enrolled in 
Medicaid in 2015, compared with 15 percent of 
White women. 
(5) Moreover, 25 States also prohibit abortion 
coverage in private insurance plans within or beyond 
health insurance marketplaces under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an 
analysis of State policies by the Guttmacher Insti-
tute. 
(6) A report by the Center for Reproductive 
Rights details how restrictions on abortion coverage 
interfere with a woman’s personal decisionmaking, 
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with her health and well-being, and with her con-
stitutionally protected right to a safe and legal med-
ical procedure. 
(7) Restrictions on abortion coverage have a 
disproportionate impact on low-income women, 
women of color, immigrant women, and young 
women, according to reports by both the Center for 
American Progress and the Guttmacher Institute. 
Also according to the reports, these women are al-
ready disadvantaged in their access to the resources, 
information, and services necessary to prevent an 
unintended pregnancy or to carry a healthy preg-
nancy to term. 
SEC. 3. ABORTION COVERAGE AND CARE REGARDLESS OF 
INCOME OR SOURCE OF INSURANCE. 
(a) ENSURING ABORTION COVERAGE
AND CARE 
THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ITS ROLE AS 
AN
INSURER, EMPLOYER, OR
HEALTH
CARE
PRO-
VIDER.—The Federal Government shall— 
(1) ensure coverage for abortion care in public 
health insurance programs including Medicaid, 
Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram; 
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(2) in its role as an employer or health plan 
sponsor, ensure coverage for abortion care for par-
ticipants and beneficiaries; and 
(3) in its role as a provider of health services, 
ensure abortion care is made available to individuals 
who are eligible to receive services in its own facili-
ties or in facilities with which it contracts to provide 
medical care. 
(b) PROHIBITING RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE INSUR-
ANCE COVERAGE OF ABORTION CARE.— 
(1) FEDERAL
RESTRICTIONS.—The Federal 
Government shall not prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
inhibit insurance coverage of abortion care by State 
or local government or by private health plans. 
(2) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESTRIC-
TIONS.—State and local governments shall not pro-
hibit, restrict, or otherwise inhibit insurance cov-
erage of abortion care by private health plans. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Federal Government, acting in its ca-
pacity as an insurer, employer, or health care pro-
vider, should serve as a model for the Nation to en-
sure coverage of abortion care; and 
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