Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 253

119th Congress

Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jan 24, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Mike Lee

R - UT

Cosponsors

7

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Taxation

Summary

This bill excludes abortion costs from the itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. Currently, legal abortion expenses can be deducted like other medical costs. Exceptions remain for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies the pregnancy endangers the woman life.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Introduced1/24/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

ChamberSenate

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Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

This bill excludes abortion costs from the itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. Currently, legal abortion expenses can be deducted like other medical costs. Exceptions remain for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies

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This bill excludes abortion costs from the itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. Currently, legal abortion expenses can be deducted like other medical costs. Exceptions remain for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies the pregnancy endangers the woman life.

Bill Number: 253
Introduced: 1/24/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy Area: Taxation

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Title: Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025
Bill Number: 253
Sponsor: No sponsor
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced: 1/24/2025
Summary: This bill excludes abortion costs from the itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. Currently, legal abortion expenses can be deducted like other medical costs. Exceptions remain for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies the pregnancy endangers the woman life.

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill excludes abortion costs from the itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. Currently, legal abortion expenses can be deducted like other medical costs. Exceptions remain for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, or when a physician certifies the pregnancy endangers the woman life.

Last updated: 1/5/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025This bill excludes amounts paid for an abortion from the itemized tax deduction for qualified medical and dental expenses, subject to exceptions. Under current law, individuals who itemize their tax deductions may deduct qualified medical and dental expenses to the extent that such expenses exceed 7.5% of the individual’s adjusted gross income for the tax year. Further, under current law, the calculation of the itemized tax deduction for medical and dental expenses may include amounts paid for a legal abortion.Under the bill, amounts paid for an abortion may not be claimed as part of the itemized deduction for medical and dental expenses. However, under the bill, amounts paid for an abortion may be included in the itemized deduction for medical and dental expenses if (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) a woman is suffering from a physical disorder, injury, or illness (including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself) that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death if an abortion were not performed.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Excludes abortion costs from medical expense deduction
Changes current tax treatment of legal abortion
Maintains exceptions for rape, incest, and life endangerment
Requires physician certification for health exceptions
Applies to itemized tax deductions over 7.5 percent of income

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Women who itemize deductions could no longer claim abortion costs as medical expenses except in limited circumstances. This represents a tax policy change affecting how abortion services are treated under the tax code.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Taxation

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

253, 119th Congress (2025). "Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-253

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