Bill would let officials stop pregnant women from entering the U.S.
S. 5023 — Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026 · Filed by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · 9 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill makes it illegal for foreign women to enter the U.S. on a visitor visa if they plan to have a baby here. Officials would decide if a woman plans to give birth within 10 months. If someone enters anyway or is already here, they can be deported.
Who it affects
Pregnant women from other countries who want to visit the U.S. would be stopped or deported. Families with mixed immigration status could be separated.
One thing to notice
Officers would make decisions based on their judgment about a woman's intent. The law does not say how officers should decide or what counts as proof.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
9 cosponsors: 9 Republicans.
- Jul 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 16, 2026 — 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.
Words to know
- visitor visa — A document that lets a foreign person enter the U.S. for a short stay.
- deported — Forced to leave the country and return to your home country.
- intent — What someone plans or wants to do.
- judgment — A decision made by an official based on what they think is true.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,230 characters) on Jul 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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