S. 178 Introduced Health

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Introduced January 22, 2025 Cosponsors 11 (11 R) Latest action January 22, 2025

Summary

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
This bill requires states, as a condition of federal payment under Medicaid for family planning services, to report certain abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Currently, reporting is voluntary.) The CDC must develop standardized questions for states with respect to specified variables (e.g., maternal demographics and methods of abortion).

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Jan 22, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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