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The bill increases the number and diversity of clinicians trained to provide abortion care—particularly benefiting underserved communities and expanding telehealth capacity—while requiring federal spending, imposing geographic limits that disadvantage trainees in restrictive states, and adding compliance and funding constraints for recipient institutions.
Students, residents, and advanced practice clinicians in covered States will receive expanded abortion clinical training, increasing the number of trained abortion providers available to patients.
Trainees from minority-serving institutions and underserved areas—supported by prioritized placement and scholarships/stipends—will face lower financial barriers and greater recruitment/retention, likely improving provider diversity and access in medically underserved communities.
Support for telehealth training and partnerships with community providers will expand remote abortion-care capacity and help integrate services into safety-net clinics, improving access for rural patients and those with chronic conditions.
Trainees and students in states that are not covered by the program (restrictive states) may have fewer local training options and could be forced to relocate or travel to obtain abortion clinical training.
Taxpayers fund an ongoing federal appropriation of $25 million per year (FY2027–2031), increasing federal spending that some Americans may oppose.
Recipients of grants must meet annual reporting and program compliance requirements, creating administrative burdens for eligible institutions and academic health centers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates an HRSA grant program to expand abortion-care education and clinical training in states where such training is permitted, with $25M/year authorized for FY2027–2031.
Official title: To provide for the establishment of an education program to expand abortion care training and access.
Introduced June 24, 2026 by Ami Bera · Last progress June 24, 2026
Requires HHS (through HRSA) to create a grant/contract program that expands and supports clinical education and training in abortion care for students, residents, and advanced practice clinicians in states where such training is permitted. Eligible health professions schools, academic medical centers, and nonprofit safety-net providers can receive funds for clinical training expansion, telehealth, recruitment, instructor development, scholarships/stipends, and other activities that prepare trainees to provide abortion services. Prioritizes applicants located in permissive states, programs that train people from restrictive states, and minority-serving institutions. The bill authorizes $25 million per year for FY2027–2031 and requires annual program and financial reports from grantees and annual reporting from HHS to Congress.