I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4265 
To authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses 
and logistical support for individuals with respect to accessing abortion 
services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2025 
Ms. STRICKLAND (for herself, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. POCAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. PANETTA, 
Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, 
Ms. DELBENE, and Mrs. RAMIREZ) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel- 
related expenses and logistical support for individuals 
with respect to accessing abortion services, 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 Health 
Travel Fund Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) On June 24, 2022, in its decision in Dobbs 
v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (142 S. 
Ct. 2228 (2022)) (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Dobbs decision’’), the Supreme Court overturned 
Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)), eliminating the 
constitutional right to abortion and reversing dec-
ades of precedent recognizing the constitutional 
right to an abortion. 
(2) While abortion has never been accessible to 
all even under the framework of Roe v. Wade, the 
Dobbs decision has decimated access for millions of 
people in the United States. 
(3) As expected, the impacts of the Dobbs deci-
sion have fallen the hardest on people who already 
face barriers to health care access due to systemic 
barriers and discrimination, particularly Black peo-
ple, Indigenous people, and other people of color, 
people with disabilities, people in rural areas, young 
people, 
people 
with 
documentation 
barriers, 
LGBTQ+ people, people who are parenting, people 
with complex medical needs who require hospital- 
based care, and people having difficulty making ends 
meet. 
(4) Abortion bans prevent many people from ac-
cessing the care they want and need. 
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(5) People have always had abortions and al-
ways will, even in the face of legal, financial, and 
logistical barriers, or criminalization. However, since 
the Dobbs decision, many are being forced to travel 
hundreds of miles away from their homes and com-
munities, taking extra time off of work, forgoing 
days of pay, piecing together extended childcare, and 
finding ways to cover significant travel expenses. 
Others are being forced to carry their pregnancies to 
term. 
(6) Just months after the Dobbs decision, one- 
third of women of reproductive age in the United 
States faced excessive travel times for abortion. For 
residents of States that had banned abortion, travel 
times increased by more than 4 hours on average. 
Black women faced the greatest impact, with 40 per-
cent needing to drive at least 1 hour for abortion 
care after the decision, versus 15 percent before the 
decision. 
(7) Abortion funds and practical support funds 
(referred to in this section as ‘‘abortion funds’’ or 
‘‘funds’’) are community-based organizations that 
support people in overcoming financial and logistical 
barriers to abortion care. In 2024, abortion funds 
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provided over $50,000,000 for abortion funding and 
over $13,000,000 for logistical support. 
(8) Funds work together to remove financial 
and logistical barriers to abortion access and have 
been doing this work for decades. Funds help cover 
transportation, food, lodging, childcare, translation 
support, doula services, and other supports abortion 
seekers and their families need. 
(9) Many funds are led by people who have had 
abortions themselves, including a growing base of 
Black and Brown leaders who have themselves faced 
abortion obstacles and understand the complex cir-
cumstances individuals may face. 
(10) Abortion funds have a history of being 
under-resourced and rely mostly on volunteer time 
and energy to support communities. 
(11) Abortion and practical support funds hold 
some of the closest ties to people who are having 
abortions and have the first hand experience, up-to- 
date and on-the-ground knowledge, and the regional 
and national connections needed to support abortion 
seekers financially, emotionally, or logistically. 
(12) More and more States are seeking to ban 
abortion or enact extreme restrictions, significantly 
limiting the circumstances in which abortions are 
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