Federal government launches abortion access information campaign
H.R. 2497 — Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025 · Filed by Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) · 52 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the federal government to run a national public health campaign educating Americans about how to access abortion and related reproductive health services, including medication abortion, consistent with state and federal law. The campaign would provide information on telehealth options, interstate travel rights, how to identify fake abortion clinics, and protect vulnerable populations; it explicitly prohibits promoting misinformation about abortion safety or collecting personal data from users.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is a federally coordinated public education campaign on reproductive health access. It is straightforward public health communication, not a regulatory change, funding mechanism, or industry carve-out.
What the text implies
- Campaign may increase demand for abortion services in states where they remain legal, potentially straining provider capacity in those jurisdictions.
- Information on interstate travel rights and support organizations could facilitate abortion access in states with restrictions, creating de facto circumvention of state-level bans.
- Explicit targeting of 'crisis pregnancy centers' for criticism may trigger legal challenges from those organizations and their supporters.
- Privacy protections in the campaign may conflict with state laws requiring reporting of abortion-related information, creating federal-state tension.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens gain access to medically accurate, government-backed information about legal reproductive health options and their rights, with explicit protections for vulnerable populations and privacy. The bill removes informational barriers and counters disinformation, enabling informed decision-making without government surveillance.
Named in the bill
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Act, American Medical Association, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Public Health Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, Institute of Medicine
Where it stands
52 cosponsors: 52 Democrats.
- Mar 31, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 31, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $33,451 in lobbying spend. A filing names 40 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Jasmine Crockett, the sponsor, reported $197,965 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Power to Decide — $33,451 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jun 10, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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