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The bill increases federal oversight and prohibits on-campus abortion services (improving transparency and enforcing restrictions) but does so at the cost of reduced on-campus reproductive care, increased travel and delays for patients, potential funding risks for institutions, and added reporting burdens.
Students and employees at campuses would be prevented from receiving on-campus abortion drugs or procedures at school-based clinics.
Institutions would be required to certify clinical services annually, increasing transparency to federal agencies about on-campus clinical services.
Students and campus health providers would face reduced ability to get or provide convenient, low-cost on-campus abortion care and related medications, narrowing family-planning and primary care services available on campus.
Institutions that are affiliated with clinics providing abortions could lose federal grants, student aid eligibility, or government contracts, risking academic programs, services, and funding for students and taxpayers.
Students and low-income individuals seeking abortion care may be pushed to distant providers, increasing travel costs and causing delays in accessing care.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced January 22, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress January 22, 2025
Prohibits any institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with campus-based clinics that provide abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees from receiving federal funds, directly or indirectly. To remain eligible for federal awards, affected institutions must submit an annual certification to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services stating that no affiliated campus clinic provides abortion drugs or abortions. Defines key terms: “abortion drug” is broadly defined to include any drug used to intentionally kill an unborn child or intentionally terminate a pregnancy except for narrowly listed medical exceptions; “school-based service site” covers campus-located clinics that provide health services to students (but excludes hospitals); and “institution of higher education” refers to the statutory definition in the Higher Education Act.