Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Motherhood Act”.
Protecting Motherhood Act
A BILL
To prohibit agencies from using the term birthing person in official documents.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on use of the term birthing person
Prohibitions— An agency may not use the term birthing person (or any variation thereof) in any official document, including a regulation, guidance, form, or communication.
Required terminology— An agency may use the term female, mother, pregnant female, pregnant woman, or woman when referring to a female who is pregnant, giving birth, or a parent of a child.
Definitions— In this section:
Agency— The term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
Female— The term female means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell.
Mother— The term mother means a female parent of a child.
Pregnant female— The term pregnant female means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large productive cell and who is carrying an unborn child.
Pregnant woman— The term pregnant woman means an adult human female who is carrying an unborn child.
Woman— The term woman means an adult human female.
Effective date— This section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.