Women's Health Protection Act

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The Women's Health Protection Act (H.R. 12) is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives, aimed at expanding abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). It was first introduced in 2013 by CongresswomanJudy Chu and sponsored by SenatorRichard Blumenthal. In the 117th Congress, the act was re-introduced in response to Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson and later Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In September 2021, it passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 218–211,[1] and again by a vote of 219–210 in July 2022,[2] but it was defeated in the Senate on a 46–48 vote in February 2022[3][4][5][6] and a 49–51 vote in May 2022.[7]

Among key facets of the bill include preventing state and local governments from regulating abortions before fetal viability, or when the mother's life or health is at risk after fetal viability, and preventing government from restricting access to abortion services unless a compelling state interest has been shown in such restrictions. Violations would be investigated and prosecuted by the Department of Justice.

Legislative history

As of November 21, 2025:

CongressShort titleBill number(s)Date introducedSponsor(s)# of cosponsorsLatest status
113th CongressWomen's Health Protection Act of 2013H.R. 3471November 11, 2013Judy Chu

(D-CA)

132Died in committee.
S. 1696November 11, 2013Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)35Died in committee.
114th CongressWomen's Health Protection Act of 2015H.R. 448January 21, 2015Judy Chu

(D-CA)

146Died in committee.
S. 217January 21, 2015Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)35Died in committee.
115th CongressWomen's Health Protection Act of 2017H.R. 1322March 2, 2017Judy Chu

(D-CA)

169Died in committee.
S. 510March 2, 2017Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)42Died in committee.
116th CongressWomen’s Health Protection Act of 2019H.R. 2975May 23, 2019Judy Chu

(D-CA)

217Died in committee.
S. 1645May 23, 2019Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)43Died in committee.
117th CongressWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021H.R. 3755June 8, 2021Judy Chu

(D-CA)

215Cloture not invoked (46-48).
S. 1975June 8, 2021Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)47Referred to Committees of Jurisdiction.
Women's Health Protection Act of 2022H.R. 8296June 7, 2022Judy Chu

(D-CA)

3Passed the House (219-210).
S. 4132May 3, 2022Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)0Cloture not invoked (49-51).
118th CongressWomen’s Health Protection Act of 2023H.R. 12March 30, 2023Judy Chu

(D-CA)

215Referred to Subcommittee on Health (April 7, 2023)
S. 701March 8, 2023Tammy Baldwin

(D-WI)

49Second reading (March 9, 2023)
119th

Congress

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025H.R. 12June 21, 2025Judy Chu

(D-CA)

207Referred to Committees of Jurisdiction.
S. 2150Tammy Baldwin

(D-WI)

46Referred to Committees of Jurisdiction.

See also

References

  1. ↑Chu, Judy (2021-09-21). "H.R.3755 – 117th Congress (2021–2022): Women's Health Protection Act of 2021". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  2. ↑Shabad, Rebecca (2022-07-15). "House passes bills to protect abortion rights; Senate GOP to block the legislation". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  3. ↑Kapur, Sahil; Vitali, Ali (February 28, 2022). "Senate rejects Democratic bill to codify abortion rights". NBC News. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  4. ↑Morgan, David; Cowan, Richard (2021-09-24). "U.S. House passes abortion rights bill, outlook poor in Senate". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  5. ↑Franck, Thomas (2021-09-24). "House passes bill to protect abortion rights in response to restrictive Texas law". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  6. ↑Hulse, Carl (2021-09-24). "House approves measure to protect abortion rights amid threats from states and the courts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  7. ↑Shivaram, Deepa (2022-05-11). "A bill to codify abortion protections fails in the Senate". NPR. Retrieved 2022-07-28.