Federal resource site for pregnant women systematically excludes abortion providers

What it does

This bill amends the Social Security Act to require the federal government to create and maintain moms.gov, a searchable website directing pregnant women, postpartum women, and mothers of young children to local resources. States receive grants to aggregate and list resources in their areas. Critically, the bill excludes from the website any organization that provides abortion services (except in cases of rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancy), and prohibits such organizations from receiving grants. The website will also list federal funding opportunities for pregnancy support centers.

Why we flagged it

The bill's operative mechanism is not simply creating a resource directory—it is systematically excluding a category of legal healthcare providers from a government-funded information platform based on their provision of abortion services. The exclusion is the bill's core function, not an incidental detail.

What the text implies

• The 'prohibited entity' definition captures not just abortion clinics but any 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is an 'essential community provider' engaged in family planning and reproductive health AND provides abortion (except in narrow circumstances). This sweeps in Planned Parenthood affiliates and similar organizations that provide contraception, STI testing, cancer screenings, and other non-abortion
• The bill requires the Secretary to certify that no prohibited entities are listed or receiving grants, creating a federal enforcement mechanism to police abortion-provider exclusion from state-level resource aggregation systems.

The full analysis lists 5 implications of this text.

Who stands to gain

pregnancy support centers (non-medical crisis pregnancy centers); anti-abortion nonprofits and advocacy organizations; religious organizations providing pregnancy-related services