Stop Comstock Act

HR 4121, S 1999, S 4381 - Right to Contraception Act All provisions This bill would safeguard Americans right to access all forms of birth control and protect against federal and state efforts to restrict it HR 4731, S 2386 - Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act All provisions This bill will require health insurance coverage for the treatment of infertility. HR 880 - Heart Health Enhancement through Access to Research and Training Act All provisions This bill authorizes grants for continuing medical education programs for physicians on preventing, identifying, and treating cardiovascular disease in women. H.Res. 345 - A resolution recognizing that infertility is a widespread problem that affects populations of diverse ages, races, ethnicities, and genders. All provisions This resolution recognizes the need for education, research, and medical interventions to address infertility and disparities associated with that disease. HR 7056, S 3612 - Access to Family Building Act All provisions This bill provides a statutory right to access assisted reproductive technology (e.g., In vitro fertilization). HR 4363, S 2213 - Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act All provisions This bill addresses the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment. S 4445 - Right to IVF Act All provisions This bill protects and expands nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization. HR 8223, S 4246 - Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Womens Health Act All provisions This bill aims to improve menopause care and mid-life women's health through expanded research, public health promotion, education, training, and the establishment of Centers of Excellence, with significant funding allocated for these initiatives from 2025 to 2029. HR 8796, S4619 Stop Comstock Act All provisions This bill would repeal language in the Comstock Laws that could be used to ban the mailing of mifepristone and other drugs used in medication abortions, instruments and equipment used in abortions, and educational material related to sexual health. HR 8821 - HOPE with Fertility Services Act All provisions This bill requires group health plans to cover infertility treatments, sets compliance and penalty guidelines, and mandates annual reporting for five years, effective from 2026. HR 9269 - IVF Access and Affordability Act All provisions This bill introduces a tax credit for fertility treatments, capping at $20,000 annually, with provisions for joint filers, income-based reductions, and a five-year carryforward for unused credits, effective for taxable years post-enactment. H.Res. 1448, S.Res. 828 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care. All provisions This resolution asserts that everyone has a basic right to emergency health care, including abortion, and highlights the negative impacts of restrictive state laws on marginalized communities and healthcare providers.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Stop Comstock Act (H.R. 8796/S. 4619) Resolution protecting personal, private medical decisions (not yet introduced) Womens Health Protection Act (S. 701) Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act (S. 2053) Ensuring Womens Right to Reproductive Freedom Act (H.R. 782) Right to Contraception Act (H.R. 4121/S. 1999) Emergency Care Legislation (not yet introduced) Life at Conception Act (H.R. 431) Access to Family Building Act (H.R. 7056/S. 3612) Right to IVF Act (S. 4445) Designating a day in May 2024, as "Disability Reproductive Equity Day". (S.Res.703/H.Res.1273) Access to Birth Control Act (S.4223) Right to Contraception Act (S.4381) Affordability is Access Act (H.R.3589/S.1698) Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act (S. 4447) The Equal Access to Abortion Coverage (EACH) Act (S.1031/H.R.561)

Client expense: $152,068 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support for reproductive rights in the following legislation and government actions:  H.R.12/S.701, Womens Health Protection Act of 2023  H.R. 561/S. 1031, Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act of 2023 H.R. 4418, Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health (MARCH) for Military Servicemembers Act   H.R.3305/S.1606, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act H.R.3583/S.1697, Real Education and Access for Health Youth Act (REAHYA) 2023   HR.7056/S.3612, Access to Family Building Act  HR.4303, Abortion Justice Act of 2023 H.R. 8317, Mamas First Act H.R. 3768, Midwives for MOMS Act of 2023 S. 4445, Right to IVF Act S.4223, Access to Birth Control Act S.4554, Reproductive Freedom for Women Act S.2053, Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023 Inclusion of the contraception without co-pay provision for servicemembers and their dependents in S. 1527, the Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. H.Res.1299 - Reaffirming the goals and ideals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action in Cairo, Egypt, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights. S.Res.734 A resolution recognizing 30 years since the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, and reaffirming the goals and ideals of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights. H. Res. 1153/S. Res 647, A resolution recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2024, as the seventh annual "Black Maternal Health Week" Supporting efforts to protect access to abortion through EMTALA in light of the Moyle v. United States case and Idaho v. United States. Supporting efforts to protect nationwide access to mifepristone in light of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA case.  HR. 8796/S. 4619, Stop Comstock Act H.R.8818 American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 Supporting efforts to expand access to abortion in light of Zurawksi v. Texas

Reproductive healthcare in FY25 federal spending bills; A federal right to abortion; A national ban on abortion; Reproductive Rights and Roe v. Wade and Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization; Assisted Reproductive Technology, including IVF; S.4445 the Right to IVF Act, which would protect and expand access to assisted reproductive technologies, including IVF; H.R.7056 and S.3612, the Access to Family Building Act; H.Res.1043, purporting to support assisted reproductive technologies; Federal issues related to state abortion bans and abortion access in the United States; Child tax credit; Administrative actions to protect and expand abortion access; Access to reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion, for veterans and servicemembers and dependents; H.R.8070 and S.4638 National Defense Authorization Act, access to reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion, for servicemembers and dependents; Pub. L. 103-259, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which prohibits threats of force, obstruction, and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services; Denials of and nondiscrimination in healthcare, including S.4223 the Access to Birth Control Act; Restrictions on funding for entities that provide abortion care, including medical training and defunding abortion providers; Access to contraception and the right to contraception, including H.R.4121, S.1999, and S.4381 the Right to Contraception Act; Regulations related to the federal sterilization consent form and process; Access to and affordability of contraceptives, including those available OTC; LGBTQI+ rights; Title IX, including H.Res.165 and S.J.Res.96; Discrimination against LGBTQI+ people; Bans and restrictions on gender affirming care; H.R.12 and S.701 the Women's Health Protection Act of 2023, regarding access to abortion care; Access to evidence-based medication abortion care, including a resolution protecting personal, private medical decisions; Issues related to the Comstock Act, including S.4619 and H.R.8796 the Stop Comstock Act; Issues related Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) v. FDA; Issues related to Idaho v. United States and emergency abortion care; Maternal and child health funding, including Title X and SET-NET; Issues related to discrimination and mistreatment of pregnant people; Paid Family and Medical Leave, including H.R.3481 and S.1714 the FAMILY Act; H.Res.1273 and S.Res.703, a resolution designating a day in May 2024, as "Disability Reproductive Equity Day;" Data and health records privacy as it relates to abortion care.

Abortion access (general); Access to mifepristone (general); Contraception (general); Maternal mortality and morbidity (general); H.R. 1117, Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act; Obstetric and gynecologic care in rural and underserved areas (general); impact of closures of ob-gyn units in rural hospitals on patient access to care and maternal morbidity and mortality; Impact of abortion restrictions on patient outcomes and the ob-gyn workforce (general); H.R. 3305/S. 1606, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; H.R. 1202/S. 704, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act; H.R. 2389/S. 1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023; H.R. 2569, Doctors of Community (DOC) Act; Teaching Health Center Graduate Medication Education (general); H.R. 3838/S. 2415, Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023; H.R. 3226/S. 1573, PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2023; Inclusion of pregnant and lactating individuals in research (general); Telemedicine (general); H.R. 5012/S. 2647, SHINE for Autumn Act; H.R. 4581/S. 2231, Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act; H.R. 7056/S. 3612, Access to Family Building Act; H.R. 7153/S. 3679, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act; S.___, Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act; S. 712/H.R. 8532, Connected MOM Act; S. 4079/H.R. 8383, Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act; H.R.___, PRAMS for Dads Act; S. 4223, Access to Birth Control Act; H.Res.1248, National Menstrual Health Awareness Month Resolution; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in medicine (general); H.R 8715, NEST Act; S.___, Keep Obstetrics Local Act; H.R. 7855, Rural Residency Planning and Development Act; H.R.___, Diane Powis Ovarian Cancer Testing Access Act; H.R. 8247, Uterine Fibroids Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment Act (UFIGHT); H.R. 4933/S. 462, Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 7432, Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act of 2024; S. 4445, Right to IVF Act; Implementation of P.L. 117-328, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; H.R. 834/S. 230, Rural Physician Workforce Production Act; Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (general); National Health Service Corps (general); H.R. 3523/S. 1710, Perinatal Workforce Act; H.R. 3086, Find it Early Act; H.R. 8796/S. 4619, Stop Comstock Act; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (general); Patient-physician relationship (general); Menopause research, training, and education (general); Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health; Residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology (general); Abortion training in obstetrics and gynecology residency programs (general); Obstetrician-gynecologist workforce (general); Reproductive health data privacy (general); Substance use disorder during pregnancy (general); Physician burnout (general); Maternal mental health (general); Artificial intelligence in health care (general); Coverage for infertility (general); Protections for in vitro fertilization (general); Restrictions on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars (general); Nicotine limits in cigarettes (general); White House Initiative on Womens Health Research (general); Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program; Over-the-counter contraception (general); HPV vaccination (general); Cancer Moonshot Initiative; Remote patient monitoring (general); Fertility preservation services for sickle cell patients treated with cell and gene therapies; Prenatal screening (general);Prenatal supplements (general); Crisis pregnancy centers (general); Care for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals (general); Congenital syphilis (general); Gun violence as a public health issue (general); Obstetric hemorrhage managements at the Indian Health Service (general); H.Res. 1180, Recognizing the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in medical education.