Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022
Summary
Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act 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.) Specifically, the bill prohibits any person acting under state law from preventing, restricting, impeding, or retaliating against health care providers who provide legal abortion services to out-of-state residents, any person or entity who helps health care providers to provide such services, any person who travels to another state to obtain such services, any person or entity who helps another person travel to another state to obtain such services, or the movement in interstate commerce of drugs that are approved to terminate pregnancies. The Department of Justice may enforce this bill through civil actions; the bill also establishes a private right of action for violations.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Jul 2022
House Passage
Jul 2022
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jul 7, 2022
Last action Jul 18, 2022
Floor votes · House Jul 15, 2022
How they voted
223–205
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 431
Jul 15, 2022
D
Democratic220
100% Yea
R
Republican211
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jul 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 205 (Roll no. 362). (text: CR H6647)
lower
Jul 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 205 (Roll no. 362).
lower
Jul 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Mr. Johnson (LA) moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H6659-6660)
lower
Jul 15, 2022
Introduced
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7900, S. 3373, H.R. 8296, H.R. 8297 and H.R. 6538 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
lower
Jul 13, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1224 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7900, S. 3373, H.R. 8296, H.R. 8297 and H.R. 6538 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
lower
Jul 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jul 7, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 182 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lizzie Fletcher
DDemocratic
Co
A. Donald McEachin
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Al Green
DDemocratic
Co
Al Lawson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Albio Sires
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
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