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H.R. 2972: Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015

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H.R. 2972: Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-08 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015

Plain summary

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015 This bill requires the federal government: (1) to ensure coverage for abortion care in public health insurance programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program; (2) as an employer or health plan sponsor, to ensure coverage for abortion care for participants and beneficiaries; and (3) as a provider of health services, to ensure that abortion care is made available to individuals who are eligible to receive services in its own facilities or in facilities with which it contracts to provide medical care. The federal government may not prohibit, restrict, or otherwise inhibit insurance coverage of abortion care by state or local governments or by private health plans. State and local governments may not prohibit, restrict, or otherwise inhibit insurance coverage of abortion care by private health plans. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal government, acting in its capacity as an insurer, employer, or health care provider, should serve as a model for the nation to ensure coverage of abortion care; and (2) restrictions on coverage of abortion care in the private insurance market must end.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 129 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) and 69 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2972 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114