MOMS Act

This bill creates a one-stop help hub for pregnancy and early parenting. It would launch a federal website, Pregnancy.gov, within a year to connect pregnant and new moms to medical care, housing, child care, adoption, education or job help, and more. The site would use a ZIP code tool to show nearby or online resources and work in multiple languages . States could get grants to help gather and update listings, and any provider that performs, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortion could not be listed or funded for this purpose. The site would also post a national list of licensed child placement agencies and a list of federal funding opportunities for pregnancy support centers .

It funds local help and telehealth. Nonprofit groups could get grants to provide free services and referrals that help women carry pregnancies to term and care for themselves and their babies after birth. Services include medical care, nutrition, housing, adoption help, education and job support, child care, parenting classes, and voluntary substance use treatment. Grantees must protect privacy and cannot be involved with abortion, and funds cannot pay for abortion coverage or unlicensed adoption services; the health department would monitor these programs. Funding runs from 2025 through 2030 . To improve access in rural, frontier, underserved, and tribal communities, the bill also offers grants so providers can buy at-home telehealth equipment like blood pressure cuffs, glucose monitors, scales, and pulse oximeters, with a report due in 2029; entities involved with abortion are not eligible .

It changes child support rules during pregnancy. If a mother asks, the state must set and enforce support from the biological father while she is pregnant. Payments can start with the month a doctor determines conception and can be collected later if paternity is confirmed after birth. A court sets the amount with input from the mother and must consider what is best for the mother and child. No tests or steps to prove who the father is can be required without the mother’s consent, and none may be taken if it could harm the baby. These changes start two years after the law is enacted, and the federal government could not waive these rules .

• Who is affected: pregnant and postpartum women and women parenting young children; states; nonprofit service providers; health providers in rural/frontier/underserved/tribal areas; biological fathers.
• What changes: a new Pregnancy.gov help site and state grants; a national list of licensed child placement agencies; a list of federal funding for pregnancy support centers; grants to nonprofits for free services; telehealth equipment grants; abortion-related providers excluded from listings and grants; an option for mothers to seek child support during pregnancy with consent and safety rules .
• When: Pregnancy.gov within 1 year of enactment; most funding runs 2025–2030; telehealth report due by September 30, 2029; child support rules start 2 years after enactment .