Congress targets abortion funding for undocumented immigrants only
H.R. 6191 — No Taxpayer Funded Abortion Travel for Illegal Aliens Act · Filed by Mark Harris (R-NC) · 35 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to help undocumented immigrants access abortion services, including travel, lodging, meals, childcare, translation, doula care, and patient education. It does not ban abortion itself or restrict access for U.S. citizens or legal residents; it narrows the pool of people eligible for federally funded abortion-related support to exclude those classified as deportable or inadmissible under immigration law.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a funding prohibition targeting a narrow population (undocumented immigrants) seeking abortion services. It is not primarily about abortion policy writ large, but rather about restricting federal support for a specific immigration-status category. The title accurately reflects this intersection.
What the text implies
- The definition of 'covered abortion services' is unusually broad, capturing not just the abortion procedure itself but all logistical support (travel, meals, childcare, translation, doula). This may effectively bar federal funding for any abortion-adjacent assistance to undocumented immigrants, even if the underlying abortion is legal in the state where it occurs.
- The bill does not specify which federal programs are affected (Medicaid, HHS grants, etc.), leaving ambiguity about enforcement scope and whether existing state-level abortion funding for undocumented immigrants (where permitted) would be preempted.
- By conditioning abortion-support funding on immigration status rather than citizenship or residency, the bill may create a new category of federal funding restriction that extends beyond abortion to other reproductive health services if similar language is adopted in future legislation.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill restricts federal funding for a specific population (undocumented immigrants) seeking abortion services, which narrows reproductive autonomy and access for that group; however, it does not affect U.S. citizens or legal residents, and the underlying question of whether federal funds should support abortion travel for any population remains contested across the electorate. The civic cost falls on a vulnerable, politically marginalized group with limited voice in the legislative process.
Named in the bill
Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), undocumented immigrants, abortion service providers
Where it stands
35 cosponsors: 35 Republicans.
- Nov 20, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Nov 20, 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
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $519,577 in lobbying spend. A filing names 50 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 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Mark Harris, the sponsor, reported $190,505 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Susan B Anthony List — $420,000 on 1 filing
- Public Citizen — $99,577 on 1 filing
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 bill text published by Congress.gov (1,034 characters) on Jun 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; 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 Jun 2026 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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