Federal law lets doctors give abortion and birth control without state punishment.
H.R. 9445 — Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act · Filed by Kim Schrier (D-WA) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops states from punishing doctors who give abortion and birth control. It covers IVF and related care that is legal in their state. Patients and doctors can sue states that break this rule. The bill gives $80 million for lawyers and security for doctors.
Who it affects
Doctors and clinics that give abortion and birth control gain federal protection. Patients in states with bans can get these services without their doctors facing state punishment.
One thing to notice
The bill uses a broad meaning of reproductive health care. It covers anything that affects trade between states.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $762,680 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 21 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.
Kim Schrier, who sponsored the bill, received $963,999 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc — $652,972 in 1 report
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc — $79,708 in 1 report
- Reproductive Freedom for All — $30,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- reproductive health care — Medical care like abortion, birth control, and IVF that helps people plan pregnancies.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 19, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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