Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-73
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Abortion

Health care costs and insurance

Income tax deductions
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill excludes amounts paid for an abortion from the itemized tax deduction for qualified medical and dental expenses.&nbsp;</p><p>Under current law, individuals who itemize their tax deductions may deduct qualified medical and dental expenses to the extent that such expenses exceed 7.5% of the individual’s adjusted gross income for the tax year. Further, under current law, the calculation of the itemized tax deduction for medical and dental expenses may include amounts paid for a legal abortion.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 73 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Allen , Mr. Moore of Alabama , and Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the deduction for medical expenses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025 . 2. Amounts paid for abortion not taken into account in determining deduction for medical expenses (a) In general Section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Amounts paid for abortion not taken into account An amount paid during the taxable year for an abortion shall not be taken into account under subsection (a). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.