Summary

Repeals the federal criminal law that made it a crime to interfere with access to clinic entrances for reproductive and other health services, and removes that provision from the federal criminal code. The repeal applies immediately to prosecutions pending on the date of enactment and to prosecutions begun on or after enactment.

• Repeals the federal criminal law that prohibited interfering with access to clinic entrances for reproductive and other health services.
• Removes the repealed statute’s entry from the title 18 table of sections in the U.S. Code.
• The repeal applies to prosecutions pending on the date of enactment and to prosecutions begun on or after enactment.
• Federal prosecutors lose the specific federal statute as a basis to charge obstructive conduct at clinics.
• State and local laws are unchanged by this repeal and can still be used to prosecute similar conduct.
• The bill does not create replacement federal penalties, civil remedies, or new protections for clinic access.
• The change affects ongoing federal cases as well as future federal enforcement related to the repealed statute.
• Administrative or non-criminal enforcement tools (trespass, local ordinances) are not altered by the bill’s text.