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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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July 15, 2022 | National | HR 8297 | Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (223 - 205) |
Dec. 1, 2022 | National | HR 6878 | Pregnant Women in Custody Act | Bill Passed - House (324 - 90) |
Sept. 22, 2010 | National | HR 3470 | Infant Mortality Pilot Programs | Bill Passed - House (324 - 64) |
Jan. 18, 2024 | National | HR 6914 | Pregnant Students' Rights Act | Bill Passed - House (212 - 207) |
Jan. 18, 2024 | National | HR 6918 | Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act | Bill Passed - House (214 - 208) |
March 5, 2024 | National | HR 3838 | Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 | Bill Passed - House (382 - 12) |
March 5, 2024 | National | HR 3838 | Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 | Bill Passed - House (382 - 12) |
Sept. 18, 2015 | National | HR 3134 | Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 | Bill Passed - House (241 - 187) |
Jan. 24, 2017 | National | HR 7 | No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017 | Bill Passed - House (238 - 183) |
Oct. 23, 2015 | National | HR 3762 | Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 | Bill Passed - House (240 - 189) |
Feb. 16, 2017 | National | H J Res 43 | Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Relating to Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients | Joint Resolution Passed - House (230 - 188) |
Jan. 19, 2018 | National | HR 4712 | Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | Bill Passed - House (241 - 183) |
July 25, 2018 | National | HR 6199 | Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018 | Bill Passed - House (277 - 142) |
March 27, 2019 | National | HR 7 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Bill Passed - House (242 - 187) |
April 4, 2019 | National | HR 1585 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 | Bill Passed - House (263 - 158) |
May 17, 2019 | National | HR 5 | Equality Act | Bill Passed - House (236 - 173) |
Nov. 12, 2019 | National | HR 3224 | Deborah Sampson Act | Bill Passed - House (399 - 11) |
Feb. 11, 2020 | National | HR 1980 | Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act | Bill Passed - House (374 - 37) |
Dec. 1, 2022 | National | HR 2521 | Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2022 (DOULA for VA Act of 2022) | Bill Passed - House (376 - 44) |
Feb. 12, 2013 | National | S 47 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 | Bill Passed - Senate (78 - 22) |
June 5, 2012 | National | S 3220 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 47) |
Nov. 17, 2010 | National | S 3772 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (58 - 41) |
Feb. 18, 2011 | National | H Amdt 95 | Prohibiting Use of Federal Funds For Planned Parenthood | Amendment Adopted - House (240 - 185) |
Feb. 18, 2011 | National | H Amdt 95 | Prohibiting Use of Federal Funds For Planned Parenthood | Amendment Adopted - House (240 - 185) |
May 16, 2012 | National | HR 4970 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 | Bill Passed - House (222 - 205) |