S 178

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025

Summary

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025 This bill requires states, as a condition of federal payment under Medicaid for family planning services, to report certain abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Currently, reporting is voluntary.) The CDC must develop standardized questions for states with respect to specified variables (e.g., maternal demographics and methods of abortion).

Bill status

Status
In committee
Sponsor
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
Cosponsors
9
Policy area
Health
Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2025-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committee referrals

Recent actions

  • 2025-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2025-01-22: Introduced in Senate