MOMS Act

Key Points

• The bill creates a new federal website called Pregnancy.gov to help pregnant and postpartum women find local resources like medical care, housing, baby supplies, and parenting support. The site would let users search by ZIP code and distance. Critically, no organization connected to abortion services can be listed on the site or receive grants through this program.
• A new grant program would fund nonprofit organizations that help women carry their pregnancies to term and care for their babies. These groups would provide referrals and direct services like medical care, nutrition, housing, childcare, and parenting education, all at no cost to the women they serve. Any entity with ties to abortion services is excluded from receiving these grants.
• Federal child support law would be changed so mothers can collect support from biological fathers while still pregnant. Payments could be backdated to the month of conception. Paternity tests would require the mother's consent and cannot be performed if they pose any risk to the unborn child.
• Grants would fund telehealth equipment like blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters, and glucose monitors for at-home prenatal and postnatal care in rural areas, frontier counties, medically underserved areas, and tribal jurisdictions. The goal is to reduce maternal mortality and improve health outcomes where in-person care is hard to access.
• The bill requires states to submit annual lists of licensed child placement (adoption) agencies to the federal government, which would be posted on Pregnancy.gov. States that fail to submit their lists could lose eligibility for federal adoption incentive payments.