{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-8297","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 8297","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit the interference, under color of State law, with the provision of interstate abortion services, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit the interference, under color of State law, with the provision of interstate abortion services, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-07-07","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-07-15","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h362","question":"On Passage","title":"Ensuring Access to Abortion Act","result":"Passed","yea":223,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll362.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-07-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-07-15","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Ensuring Access to Abortion Act","result":"Failed","yea":209,"nay":219,"present":0,"not_voting":2,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll361.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-07-15","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits anyone acting under state law from interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state abortion services. (Abortion services includes the use of any drugs that are approved to terminate pregnancies and any health care services related to an abortion, whether or not provided at the same time or on the same day.)"},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill prohibits any person acting under state law from preventing, restricting, impeding, or retaliating against"},{"k":"li","t":"health care providers who provide legal abortion services to out-of-state residents,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"any person or entity who helps health care providers to provide such services,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"any person who travels to another state to obtain such services,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"any person or entity who helps another person travel to another state to obtain such services, or","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the movement in interstate commerce of drugs that are approved to terminate pregnancies.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of Justice may enforce this bill through civil actions; the bill also establishes a private right of action for violations."}],"words":166},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Prohibits any person acting under color of State law from preventing, restricting, impeding, or retaliating against the provision of, travel for, or assistance with abortion services across State lines, and sets out federal enforcement and private lawsuits for violations.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}]},"core_areas":["Prohibition on State interference with interstate abortion services","Federal and private civil enforcement of the prohibition"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Bars any person acting under color of State law from preventing, restricting, impeding, or retaliating against a health care provider's ability to provide an abortion service that is lawful in the State where it is provided to a patient who does not reside in that State.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}},{"text":"Bars the same interference with a person's ability to travel across a State line to obtain an abortion service that is lawful in the State where the service is provided, and with a person's or entity's ability to assist that travel.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}},{"text":"Bars the same interference with the movement in interstate commerce, in accordance with Federal law or regulation, of any drug approved or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration for the termination of a pregnancy.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}},{"text":"Allows the Attorney General to bring a civil action in a United States district court against a person who violates the prohibition, for declaratory and injunctive relief.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}},{"text":"Allows a person harmed by a violation to bring a civil action in a United States district court for declaratory and injunctive relief and compensatory damages, and allows the court to award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}},{"text":"Defines \"abortion service\" to include an abortion, the use of an FDA-approved or licensed drug for terminating a pregnancy, and any health care service related to or provided in conjunction with an abortion.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh#HD71C86D87A764CF19AD4C21BE3DAB16C"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-07-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-8297.png","v":"a875afc18dc9","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8297, 117th Congress: Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act. House: 223 Yea, 205 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Jul 2022."}}