Your voice as an ethical healthcare professional is needed now.
Members of the 119th U.S. Congress have returned from recess. Prior to the recess, several bills were introduced for your advocacy engagement consideration:
- US S 1756 Conscience Protection Act introduced by Senator James Lankford (Companion House bill US HR 3411).
- S. 1834 and H. 3762 Supporting Healthy Moms and Baby Act sponsored by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Representative Jared F. Gordon to provide essential health benefits to include prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, and postpartum health care.
- The RESTORE Act (‘‘Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration Act”) sponsored by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
- US HR 4953 Gender-Affirming Child Abuse Prevention Act sponsored by Representative Nancy Mace to authorize a civil right of action for individuals on whom gender-related medical treatment was performed while such individual was a minor, and for other purposes.
- US HR 4964 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, sponsored by Representative David Taylor (and 15 other co-sponsors) to amend title 18 United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Please consider contacting your member of Congress to encourage support of these bills. Thank you!