MOMS Act

This bill creates a one-stop website, pregnancy.gov, to help pregnant and new moms find nearby services like medical care, nutrition help, housing aid, child care, parenting classes, and adoption services. Users can search by ZIP code and distance, get follow-up outreach if they consent, and see information in multiple languages. The site will not list, promote, or fund organizations that perform or support abortions. States can get grants to build and share their resource lists for the site, and the site will also include a national list of licensed private adoption agencies and federal funding opportunities for pregnancy support services. The agency must report on site use and user feedback after launch.

The bill funds grants to nonprofits that help women carry pregnancies to term and care for themselves and their babies after birth. These grants can support information, referrals, and some direct services (for example, medical care, nutrition, housing, education and job help, child care, parenting support, and voluntary substance-use treatment). Grantees must not charge clients, must protect privacy, and cannot be involved in abortion services or support. The bill also funds telehealth equipment for at-home prenatal and postnatal monitoring in rural, frontier, medically underserved, and Tribal areas, with a report to Congress by 2028.

It also lets states set and enforce child support from the biological father during pregnancy if the mother requests it. Payments can start from the month of conception as determined by a doctor, and can be collected later if paternity is established after birth. A court sets the amount while considering the mother’s and child’s best interests. No paternity steps can be taken without the mother’s consent, and none are allowed if they could harm the unborn child. These child support changes take effect two years after the bill becomes law.

Key points

• Who is affected: Pregnant and postpartum women, women parenting young children, nonprofits that support them, health providers in rural/underserved/Tribal areas, and parents involved in child support.
• What changes: New pregnancy.gov resource hub; grants for state resource lists and nonprofits; national list of licensed adoption agencies; telehealth equipment grants; option to seek child support during pregnancy.
• When: Website due within 1 year of enactment; site report due 180 days after launch; telehealth report due by Sept. 30, 2028; child support changes start 2 years after enactment; several programs authorized for 2025–2030.