SOULS Act

Bill: 117-hr-7715
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-05-11
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Seeking Official Uncounted Lives Statistics Act or the SOULS Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include abortions, to the extent possible, when collecting and making available data on U.S. death numbers and rates.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7715 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2022 Mr. Cawthorn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include, to the extent possible, aborted children in death numbers and rates.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seeking Official Uncounted Lives Statistics Act or the SOULS Act . 2. Inclusion of aborted children in CDC death numbers and rates In collecting and making available information on death numbers and rates in the United States, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall, to the extent possible, include in such numbers and rates any abortion of a human embryo or fetus.