Federal abortion right would override state bans, protect travel
S. 2150 — Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 · Filed by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · 46 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill would establish a federal right to abortion services before fetal viability and protect access to abortion after viability when necessary to protect the pregnant person's life or health. It would prohibit states and the federal government from imposing restrictions on abortion that are more burdensome than restrictions on comparable medical procedures, and would allow patients to travel across state lines for abortion care without legal penalty. The bill uses Congress's commerce clause and Fourteenth Amendment enforcement powers as its constitutional basis.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is to establish and enforce a federal statutory right to abortion services, overriding state restrictions. It is substantively a rights-protection and access-guarantee measure, not a regulatory or appropriations bill.
What the text implies
- The bill's private right of action and attorney's fees provision may generate significant litigation, creating uncertainty for state officials and healthcare providers about compliance and potential personal liability.
- By defining 'government official' to include private parties granted enforcement authority (e.g., through qui tam provisions or private causes of action in state law), the bill may expose private citizens and organizations to federal civil liability for enforcing state abortion restrictions.
- The bill's preemption of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) may limit conscience-based exemptions for healthcare providers who object to providing abortion services, creating potential conflicts with provider religious liberty claims.
- The 'clear and convincing evidence' standard for defending abortion restrictions is significantly higher than typical rational-basis review, effectively shifting the burden of proof to states and making most restrictions presumptively unlawful.
- The bill does not address insurance coverage or funding, meaning low-income individuals may retain practical barriers to access despite legal rights, potentially widening disparities in abortion access by income.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens—particularly pregnant people and women—gain enforceable rights to access abortion services and travel for medical care, with legal remedies against government restrictions. The bill removes barriers to abortion access (waiting periods, unnecessary tests, medically inaccurate counseling) that studies show delay care and increase costs. However, the bill does not address insurance coverage or fund abortion services, leaving cost barriers in place for low-income individuals.
Named in the bill
U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, State governments, Healthcare providers, Hospitals, Clinics, Pharmacies, Physicians, Nurse practitioners, Certified nurse-midwives, Registered nurses, Physician assistants — and 5 more
Where it stands
46 cosponsors: 44 Democrats, 2 Independents.
- Jun 24, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 lobbying clients named this bill on 5 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,610,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 33 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 72% of bills with at least one filing.
Tammy Baldwin, the sponsor, reported $195,336 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Civil Liberties Union — $1,190,000 on 2 filings
- American Psychological Association Services Inc.(fka American Psychological Assn — $340,000 on 1 filing
- Center for Reproductive Rights — $70,000 on 1 filing
- National Council of Jewish Women — $10,000 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 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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