Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2497 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2497 To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health services. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Ms. Crockett (for herself, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Ross, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON ACCESS TO ABORTION AND RELATED HEALTH SERVICES. Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 399V-8. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON ACCESS TO ABORTION AND RELATED HEALTH SERVICES. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a coordinated, focused, national public health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health services. ``(b)