2566 -- Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Healthcare Services Act | Poliscope

Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Healthcare Services Act

2566

115th Congress

Commerce

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

May 19, 2017

Latest Action

May 26, 2017

Primary Sponsor

Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratic(NY)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

52pct

7d open

vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d

Summary

Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Healthcare Services Act This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services. "Abortion services" is defined as providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a pregnancy, or providing referrals for such procedures. The bill sets forth the enforcement authority of the FTC, including with respect to nonprofit organizations.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (2)

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Filing registrants (2)

LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN G. CURTIN (1)REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL (1)

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALLclient→REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL

2018 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Reproductive Rights; Religious Refusals; International access to abortion and family planning; Supreme Court ruling in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, regarding Californias Reproductive FACT Act and fake womens health centers; The Trump administrations domestic gag rule, targeting Title X providers; H.R.2566, Stop Deceptive Advertising for Womens Healthcare Services Act; Sen. Booker letter regarding the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and adolescent sexual and reproductive health education.