Protecting Service Members and Military Families’ Access to Reproductive Care Act of 2023
This bill creates a new 21-day administrative leave for active-duty service members to obtain reproductive care not provided at military medical facilities (such as abortions or fertility treatments like IVF), or to accompany a spouse or dependent receiving such care. It also authorizes travel and transportation allowances for this care, explicitly covering abortion and assisted reproductive technology. The bill prohibits additional requirements like mandatory counseling or chaplain consultations for requesting this leave, while prioritizing privacy for service members and their families. It defines "non-covered reproductive health care" to include specific procedures like egg retrieval, sperm processing, and in vitro fertilization, ensuring these are eligible for the new leave and travel benefits.
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Introduction
May 2023
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Introduced May 16, 2023
Last action May 16, 2023
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May 16, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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May 16, 2023
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 33 co-sponsors
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Jeanne Shaheen
DDemocratic
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
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Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
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Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Gary C. Peters
DDemocratic
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