Search Results: keywords:"abortion legislation"

  • H. CON. RES. 18 — Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:453

    H. CON. RES. 18 expresses support for recognizing March 10, 2025, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day." It highlights the essential healthcare services that abortion providers and their staff offer, acknowledging the increasing challenges they face due to legal and social pressures. The...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to say "thank you" to doctors and their helpers who provide abortions on March 10, 2025. It talks about making sure they are safe and asks for rules that let them do their job without problems.

  • H. RES. 65 — Reaffirming the freedom to decide and expressing continued support for medication abortion access.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:241

    H. RES. 65 reaffirms the right to access medication used for abortion and supports continued public access to such medication. The resolution stresses that anti-abortion efforts misuse the Comstock Act, pointing out that this law does not apply to legal abortions, as reinforced by a 2022...

    Simple Explanation

    This resolution says people should be able to get pills for an abortion, and it tries to stop other laws from making it hard to get those pills legally. It mentions that most people agree with having this choice.

  • S. 253 — 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.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:407

    S. 253 proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, specifically targeting the deduction of medical expenses on tax returns. The bill states that any amount spent on an abortion cannot be used for medical expense deductions. There are exceptions to this rule,...

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine a rule that says when people spend money on going to the doctor, they get to save a bit on the money they have to share with the government later. But this new rule says if someone spends money on stopping a baby before it's born, they can't use that money as a reason to save when they pay the government, unless it was really important for health or certain bad things happened.