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Official title: To protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
Introduced February 5, 2025 by Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher · Last progress February 5, 2025
The bill would create strong federal protections to secure nationwide contraceptive access and improve reproductive-health outcomes, but it does so by expanding federal enforcement and preemption in ways that raise litigation exposure, administrative and fiscal burdens, and conflicts with conscience and state regulatory authority.
People who can become pregnant (women and pregnant-capable individuals) gain a federal statutory right to obtain contraception and related information, protecting access across states.
Patients (especially women and pregnant people) are likely to experience better public-health outcomes—fewer unintended pregnancies and reduced maternal/infant morbidity—because of broader, preserved access to contraceptives and preventive reproductive care.
Federal enforcement and authority (HHS/FDA and the Attorney General/courts) are strengthened to provide nationwide, uniform remedies against state restrictions, reducing geographic disparities in access.
State governments, officials, and taxpayers face substantially increased litigation risk and legal exposure (including loss of sovereign immunity and fee-shifting rules), which could produce large legal costs and judgments against states.
Federal and state agencies (and courts) could incur significant new administrative and fiscal burdens to enforce the law and to expand federally supported contraceptive services, with potential unfunded costs to HHS, Medicaid, and insurers.
Religious organizations and conscience‑objecting providers may face limits on invoking RFRA or other religious exemptions, increasing legal exposure and disputes over accommodations.
Based on analysis of 9 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a federal right to obtain and use contraception and lets providers supply contraception and information while preempting conflicting government restrictions.
Creates a federal statutory right for people to obtain and use contraceptives and for health care providers to supply contraception and information without government interference. The law preempts conflicting state or federal rules, allows private and Department of Justice enforcement suits, waives certain state immunities for enforcement of unlawful restrictions, and directs courts to provide equitable relief and attorneys’ fees to prevailing plaintiffs.