H.R. 8297Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

2 recorded actions235 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Lizzie Fletcher [D-TX-07]
Cosponsors: 182 · 182 Democrats
Policy area: Health
Committee: Energy and Commerce Committee
Latest action: Jul 18, 2022 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedJul 7, 2022
Passed the HouseJul 15, 2022
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

This bill prohibits anyone acting under state law from interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state abortion services. (Abortion services includes the use of any drugs that are approved to terminate pregnancies and any health care services related to an abortion, whether or not provided at the same time or on the same day.)

Specifically, the bill prohibits any person acting under state law from preventing, restricting, impeding, or retaliating against

health care providers who provide legal abortion services to out-of-state residents,
any person or entity who helps health care providers to provide such services,
any person who travels to another state to obtain such services,
any person or entity who helps another person travel to another state to obtain such services, or
the movement in interstate commerce of drugs that are approved to terminate pregnancies.

The Department of Justice may enforce this bill through civil actions; the bill also establishes a private right of action for violations.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 8297 as passed House on Jul 15, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

Roll calls on H.R. 82972 roll calls on this measure

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Jul 15, 2022Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 15, 2022

How every member votedHouse roll call 362

House Jul 15, 2022 · the primary vote

On Passage

Ensuring Access to Abortion Act

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223 Yea 205 Nay 3 not voting

Party-line vote 3 of 428 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic220 members

Republican211 members

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Cosponsors182 · 182 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 8297 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

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Who lobbied on H.R. 829719 organizations

Organizations that named H.R. 8297 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY DBA DOWfiled by THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, DBA DOW

Energy/Nuclear · Environment/Superfund · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Homeland Security +12 more5 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2021Filing

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSIts PAC: American Academy of Family Physicians PAC

Medicare/Medicaid · Budget/Appropriations · Education · Health Issues +3 more3 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN

Budget/Appropriations · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV · Education +7 more3 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

POWER TO DECIDE

Budget/Appropriations · Veterans · Defense · Health Issues +2 more3 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONIts PAC: American Medical Association PAC

Budget/Appropriations · Education · Health Issues · Immigration +6 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Retirement · Homeland Security · Veterans +18 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption · Foreign Relations · Health Issues +1 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONIts PAC: NEA Advocacy Fund

Budget/Appropriations · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Education · Government Issues +4 more2 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2022Filing

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCfiled by PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Foreign Relations · Government Issues · Health Issues · Veterans +8 more2 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2022Filing

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALLIts PAC: Reproductive Freedom for All PAC

Government Issues · Budget/Appropriations · Foreign Relations · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption +2 more2 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2022Filing

36 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.