Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act”.
No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act
A BILL
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health centers from providing abortions, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limitation on abortions
Section 330(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(2)) is amended—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “Limitation” and inserting “Limitations”;
by striking “The requirement” and inserting the following:
“(A) In general—The requirement”
by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Limitation on abortions
“(i) In general—Funds made available to health centers under this section may not be used for abortions except where necessary to save the life of the mother. No health center or related treatment facility, that receives funds under this section, may provide or be used to provide an abortion except where necessary to save the life of the mother.
“(ii) Definition—In this subparagraph, the term abortion means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device—
“(I) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or
“(II) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than—
“(aa) after viability to produce a live birth and preserve the life and health of the child born alive; or
“(bb) to remove a dead unborn child.”