Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill would create a nationwide legal right to get an abortion before viability, overriding state bans currently in place in more than a dozen states.
• After viability, abortion would still be protected if a doctor decides in good faith that ending the pregnancy is necessary to protect the patient's life or health.
• It bans state rules that single out abortion for stricter treatment than similar procedures, including mandatory waiting periods, medically unnecessary tests, unneeded in-person visits, and special building requirements for clinics.
• The bill protects the right to travel to another state for abortion or other reproductive care, and protects people who help others travel or access these services.
• The U.S. Attorney General and private individuals, including health care providers, could sue states or government officials that enforce laws violating the Act, and courts could block those laws.
• The bill does not change existing laws on insurance or Medicaid coverage of abortion, so funding restrictions like the Hyde Amendment would remain in place even if this becomes law.