[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5568 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5568
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion
counseling to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2020
Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion
counseling to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reproductive Health Information for
Veterans Act''.
SEC. 2. ABORTION COUNSELING.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide abortion counseling
to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy. Such counseling shall
include--
(1) options for the veteran regarding unwanted pregnancy,
including termination;
(2) accurate health information based on the health of the
veteran regarding options described in paragraph (1); and
(3) information regarding the location nearest to the
residence of the veteran where the veteran may receive safe
medical or surgical termination of the unwanted pregnancy.
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