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The bill significantly expands and federalizes legal protections for contraceptive access—strengthening individuals' and providers' rights and enforcement tools—at the cost of greater federal‑state conflict, higher litigation and administrative expenses, and reduced room for conscience or local safety discretion.
People of reproductive age (including women, LGBTQ people, and marginalized groups) gain a clear, statutory right to obtain, purchase, and use contraceptives and related information, protecting reproductive autonomy and privacy across jurisdictions.
Low-income people and Medicaid/Title X beneficiaries retain and may gain stronger access to no‑cost family planning services and preventive contraceptive coverage, reducing out-of-pocket costs and unintended pregnancies.
Health care providers and clinics receive clearer legal protection to offer contraceptive services, counseling, referrals, and to be recognized as lawful providers (including pharmacists and nurse practitioners), reducing legal risk for clinicians and health systems.
States and local governments lose significant regulatory control over contraceptive rules, increasing federal–state conflict and likely producing extensive litigation as jurisdictions contest preemption and enforcement.
Taxpayers and governments could face higher costs from increased federal spending, enforcement, and a rise in litigation and administrative burdens tied to enforcing and defending the Act.
Religious organizations and health care workers with conscience objections may have reduced ability to invoke RFRA or other defenses, creating conflicts and burdens for objecting providers and institutions.
Based on analysis of 9 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a federal right to obtain and provide contraception, preempts laws that restrict it, allows AG and private suits to block restrictions, and preserves FDA authority.
Introduced February 5, 2025 by Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher · Last progress February 5, 2025
Creates a federal right for people to obtain and use contraception and for health care providers to give contraception, information, referrals, and related services. It bars federal and state laws or actions that prohibit, restrict, or single out contraceptives or those who provide or help obtain them, lets the Attorney General and private parties sue to stop unlawful limits, and takes effect immediately on enactment.