No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act

Bill: 118-s-750
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-09
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits grants that are awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration through the Health Center Program from being used to provide an abortion unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother. (The Health Center Program supports the operations and activities of health centers that primarily provide preventative and primary care to low-income individuals and other medically underserved populations.)</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 750 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 9, 2023 Mr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Rubio , and Mr. Scott of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health centers from providing abortions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act . 2. Limitation on abortions Section 330(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking Limitation and inserting Limitations ; (2) by striking The requirement and inserting the following: (A) In general The requirement ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) Limitation on abortions (i) In general Funds made available to health centers under this section may not be used for abortions except where necessary to save the life of the mother. No health center or related treatment facility, that receives funds under this section, may provide or be used to provide an abortion except where necessary to save the life of the mother. (ii) Definition In this subparagraph, the term abortion means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device— (I) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or (II) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than— (aa) after viability to produce a live birth and preserve the life and health of the child born alive; or (bb) to remove a dead unborn child. .