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Reproductive Health Information for Veterans Act

H.R. 5568 · 116th Congress · Jan 9, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion counseling to a veteran who has an unwanted pregnancy.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Reproductive Health Information for Veterans Act”.

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.