Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection Act

Protection of Job Stability and Career Growth: Federal employees can decline transfers or assignments, and avoid required moves, that would take them to states with restrictive reproductive laws due to medical or family considerations (Section 4).

Financial Support for Healthcare Access: Federal employees and their eligible dependents can receive travel and transportation allowances to obtain lawful reproductive health care services not available in their resident state (Section 5).

Paid Time Off for Medical Needs: Employees are entitled to leave without loss of pay or service credit to obtain abortion services that require traveling out of their resident state or primary duty station (Section 6).

Privacy Protections for Security Clearances: The bill ensures that whether an individual used, traveled for, or supported someone obtaining abortion services cannot be requested, investigated, or considered during the process of determining access to classified information (Section 7).

Privacy Protections in Personnel Actions: Executive agencies are prohibited from requesting, investigating, or considering information regarding abortion use or travel for the purposes of any personnel action (Section 7).

Protection Against Workplace Retaliation: The act prohibits agencies from taking adverse personnel actions against employees who opt out of assignments, receive travel allowances, or use administrative leave for these purposes (Section 8).

Restrictions on Agency Growth and Facility Use: Executive agencies are prohibited from moving headquarters or significant portions of their operations to, or constructing/purchasing facilities in, specific states listed as having restrictive reproductive laws (Section 2 and Section 3).

Exceptions to Fund Usage Restrictions: Agencies are still permitted to use funds to maintain, repair, or renew leases for existing facilities in restricted states, or for facilities used solely to provide in-person services to the public (Section 3).

Limited Scope of Personnel Protections: The protections and definitions provided do not apply to political appointees or members of the Senior Executive Service (Section 11).