# Plain Language Summary: No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act

This bill would prevent the federal government from spending any money on a specific task force created by the Department of Health and Human Services called the Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force. The task force was announced in January 2022 and was designed to help ensure that people could access reproductive healthcare services, including abortion, particularly in states where those services might be restricted or harder to find. The bill would also block funding for any future task force that does essentially the same work.

In practical terms, if this bill became law, it would eliminate federal funding that was being used to coordinate efforts around reproductive healthcare access. This means the task force would no longer have money to operate, research, or carry out its mission. The bill is written broadly enough that it would also prevent the government from creating a similar task force in the future under a different name.

The impact would primarily affect people seeking reproductive healthcare in states with limited access, as well as healthcare providers and organizations that were working with the federal government on these issues. Without federal funding and coordination, efforts to help people travel to other states for care or to understand their healthcare options would lose government support. This is a straightforward funding restriction—it doesn't change any laws about abortion itself, but rather cuts off money for a specific government program focused on helping people access reproductive services.

No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act

Biggs, Andy

No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act This bill prohibits federal funding of the Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force. The Department of Health and Human Services launched the task force on January 21, 2022, to identify and coordinate departmental activities related to accessing sexual and reproductive health care.