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Title: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022
Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Women's Health Protection Act of 2022.
Prohibits federal, state, and local governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, abortion services (Sec. 4).
Specifies that federal, state, and local governments may not limit a providers ability to (Sec. 4):
Prescribe certain drugs;
Offer abortion services via telemedicine; or
Immediately provide abortion services when the provider determines a delay riks the patient’s health.
Prohibits federal, state, and local governments from requiring a provider (Sec. 4):
Prefrom unnecessary medical procedures;
Provide medically inaccurate information;
Comply with credintialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers whose services are medically comparable to abortions; or
Carry out all services connected to an abortion.
Prohibits federal, state, and local governments from doing the following, including (Sec. 4):
Requiring patients made medically unneccessary in-person visits before receiving abortion services or disclose their reasons for obtaining such services; or
Prohibiting abortion services before fetal viability or after fetal viablity when a provider determines the pregnancy risks the patients life or health.
Prohibits other governmental measures that are similar to the bill’s specified restrictions or that otherwise single out and impede access to abortion services, unless a government demonstrates that the measure significantly advances the safety of abortion services or health of patients and cannot be achieved through less restrictive means (Sec. 4).
Authorizes the Department of Justice (DoJ), individuals, and providers to bring a lawsuit to enforce this bill, and specifies that states are not immune from suits for violations (Sec. 4).
Specifies that this bill shall apply to restrictions imposes both prior and subsequent to the bill’s enactment (Sec. 5).
Title: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022