Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

Protection of Medical Decision-Making: The bill allows people to make decisions about their bodies, medical care, family, and life's course without unwarranted burdens (Section 2).

Access to Abortion Services: It secures a right for patients to terminate a pregnancy prior to viability without facing prohibitions on specific procedures or methods (Section 4, subsection a, 1, A).

Preservation of Medical Judgment: Health care providers can use their good-faith medical judgment to provide immediate services if a delay poses a risk to a patient's life or health (Section 4, subsection a, 1, I).

Protection of Telemedicine and Medication Access: The act prevents limitations on a provider's ability to prescribe drugs for reproductive health based on evidence-based regimens or a patient's ability to receive services via telemedicine (Section 4, subsection a, 1, B and C).

Freedom of Movement: It establishes a fundamental right for people to travel to other states to obtain reproductive health services, including abortion, and to assist others in doing so (Section 5).

Economic and Social Participation: By promoting access to abortion services, the act intends to protect women's ability to participate equally in the economic and social life of the United States (Section 2).

Post-Viability Limitations: The protections for patients and providers do not apply to the termination of a pregnancy after viability, except in cases where the provider determines it is necessary to protect the life or health of the patient (Section 4, subsection a, 2, A).

Exclusion of Certain Laws: The act does not supersede laws regulating physical access to clinic entrances, insurance or medical assistance coverage, or generally applicable state contract law (Section 6, subsection b).