{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-8373","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 8373","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Right to Contraception Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Right to Contraception Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Right to Contraception Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Right to Contraception Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-07-14","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-07-21","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h385","question":"On Passage","title":"Right to Contraception Act","result":"Passed","yea":228,"nay":195,"present":2,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll385.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":"2022-07-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-07-21","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Right to Contraception Act","result":"Failed","yea":190,"nay":234,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll384.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-07-21","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Right to Contraception Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill sets out statutory protections for an individual's right to access and a health care provider's right to provide contraception and related information. Contraception refers to an action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives (i.e., a device or medication used to prevent pregnancy), fertility-awareness based methods, and sterilization procedures."},{"k":"p","t":"Generally, the bill prohibits measures that single out and impede access to contraception and related information. However, a party may defend against a claim that a measure violates the bill's prohibitions by demonstrating, through clear and convincing evidence, that the measure significantly advances access to contraception and cannot be achieved through less restrictive means."},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of Justice, individuals, or health care providers may bring a lawsuit to enforce this bill, and states are not immune from suits for violations."}],"words":137},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Establishes a statutory right to obtain and provide contraceptives, contraception, and contraception-related information, bars government limits that single out and impede them, and sets up federal court enforcement.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H8E88562C205C4221A4EA90EAC3991B3F"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#HA459578DB3F248C98B2EE223265CC5D9"},{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H1B76867280FD4125B5E3661CD9A91399"}]},"core_areas":["Statutory right to obtain and provide contraception and related information","Limits on government restrictions on contraception","Federal and State law preemption","Civil enforcement in court"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines contraception as an action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives or fertility-awareness based methods, and sterilization procedures.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H5548CCBF5D65482392A5CDDFEE63CE43"}},{"text":"Gives a person a statutory right to obtain contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and gives a health care provider a corresponding right to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H8E88562C205C4221A4EA90EAC3991B3F"}},{"text":"Bars any limitation or requirement that singles out contraceptives, contraception, or related information, or the providers or facilities offering them, and that impedes access to them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H8E88562C205C4221A4EA90EAC3991B3F"}},{"text":"Allows a party defending against a claim to rely on an exception only by showing, by clear and convincing evidence, that the limitation significantly advances access and that no less restrictive alternative could advance access or patient health.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H8E88562C205C4221A4EA90EAC3991B3F"}},{"text":"Applies the Act over Federal and State law, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, while leaving unchanged Federal law on coverage under health plans, health insurance, and Federal health care programs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#HA459578DB3F248C98B2EE223265CC5D9"}},{"text":"Lets the Attorney General, and any individual or entity adversely affected including a health care provider or patient, bring a civil action in Federal district court against a State or government official over a violation of section 4.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text/eh#H1B76867280FD4125B5E3661CD9A91399"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-07-21","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/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/8373","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-8373.png","v":"4e44449e4c0b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8373, 117th Congress: Right to Contraception Act. House: 228 Yea, 195 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 21 Jul 2022."}}