Senate Bill
S. 178
Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
Primary Sponsor
Joni Ernst
Senator
Cosponsors
9
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This bill requires states to report abortion data to the CDC as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid payments for family planning services. Currently, state reporting is voluntary, resulting in incomplete national data. The CDC must develop standardized questions covering maternal demographics, abortion methods, and other specified variables to ensure consistent data collection across all states.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
This bill requires states to report abortion data to the CDC as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid payments for family planning services. Currently, state reporting is voluntary, resulting in incomplete national data. The CDC must develop standardized q
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This bill requires states to report abortion data to the CDC as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid payments for family planning services. Currently, state reporting is voluntary, resulting in incomplete national data. The CDC must develop standardized questions covering maternal demographics, abortion methods, and other specified variables to ensure consistent data collection across all states.
- Bill Number
- 178
- Sponsor
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Introduced
- 1/22/2025
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Policy Area
- Health
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Fact Sheet
- Title
- Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- 178
- Sponsor
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced
- 1/22/2025
- Summary
- This bill requires states to report abortion data to the CDC as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid payments for family planning services. Currently, state reporting is voluntary, resulting in incomplete national data. The CDC must develop standardized questions covering maternal demographics,
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