Federal funds redirected from contraception to 'natural' fertility approach
S. 1882 — RESTORE Act · Filed by Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced May 22, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill expands federal research, training, and data collection on reproductive health conditions like endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine fibroids. It funds medical education in 'restorative reproductive medicine' and 'fertility awareness-based methods,' updates medical coding to improve reimbursement for these treatments, and protects healthcare providers from discrimination if they decline to participate in assisted reproductive technology. The bill channels Title X family planning funds to organizations specializing in these approaches and mandates federal agencies to study and promote them.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is not simply research expansion — it is a redirection of Title X family planning funds to organizations promoting a specific medical philosophy ('restorative reproductive medicine,' 'natural procreative technology') while simultaneously protecting providers who refuse assisted reproductive technology. This is ideological funding wrapped in research language.
What the text implies
- Title X funds, historically supporting contraceptive access and family planning, are redirected to organizations 'primarily engaged in providing restorative reproductive medicine' — a philosophy that explicitly rejects hormonal contraception and assisted reproductive technology as 'suppressive' or 'circumventive.' This may reduce contraceptive access in underserved areas.
- Section 4 prohibits discrimination against providers who refuse assisted reproductive technology on religious or moral grounds. Combined with Title X funding redirects, this may create a two-tier system where some federally funded clinics do not offer or refer for IVF, donor gametes, or hormonal contraception.
The full analysis lists 5 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
organizations specializing in restorative reproductive medicine; fertility awareness-based methods educators and trainers; providers of natural procreative technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY)