
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Sep 12, 2019
This law is Anti–Choice
H.R. 217
Failed to Pass
Jan 3, 2017
Co-sponsors: 14
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 15
HR 217 would amend Title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
Exceptions are made for abortions where:
Hospitals are exempted unless they provide funds to non-hospital entities that perform abortions.
Reporting Requirements
HHS would be required to include in an annual report:
According to Planned Parenthood:
Many Planned Parenthood health centers receive federal grants for family planning services through the Title X Family Planning Program, which helps all types of family planning health centers (not just Planned Parenthood) provide birth control, sex education, and other reproductive health services to low-income patients, helping to avert 1.1 million unintended pregnancies per year. [HR 217] would block Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving this funding, which would cut women off from the basic preventive health care that they currently get at those health centers.
Related Legislation
Similar to H.R. 853.
Identical to H.R. 217/S. 51, which failed to pass during the 2015/2016 legislative sessions.
Identical to H.R. 61, H.R. 217, and S. 135, which failed to pass during the 2013/2014 legislative sessions.