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H.R. 448: Women's Health Protection Act of 2015

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H.R. 448: Women's Health Protection Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · 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

Women's Health Protection Act of 2015

Plain summary

Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures; a requirement that the same clinician who performs a patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures; a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine; a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements of facilities where abortions are performed, or the credentials, hospital privileges, or status of personnel at those facilities; a requirement that, prior to obtaining an abortion, a patient make medically unnecessary in-person visits to any individual or entity; a limitation on medical training for abortion procedures; a prohibition prior to fetal viability; a prohibition after fetal viability when continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the woman's life or health; a restriction on a woman's ability to obtain an immediate abortion when a delay would pose a risk to the woman's health; or a restriction on obtaining an abortion prior to fetal viability based on a woman's reasons or perceived reasons or that requires her to state her reasons before obtaining an abortion. A measure or action that is similar to a requirement or limitation listed above is prohibited if it singles out abortion services or makes abortion services more difficult to access and does not significantly advance women's health or the safety of abortion services.

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

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Official text

Women's Health Protection Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · 146 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lois Frankel (D-FL), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Takano (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James A. Himes (D-CT) and 86 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr448 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114