Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023
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Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023
This bill prohibits anyone from interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state reproductive health care. (Reproductive health care is defined as medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services and care related to pregnancy, including the prevention or termination of a pregnancy, and other reproductive care.)
Specifically, the bill prohibits anyone from restricting, discriminating against, or otherwise disadvantaging anyone who receives, provides, or assists with out-of-state reproductive health care that is legal in the state in which it is provided.
The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action and establishes a private right of action for violations. The bill specifically waives any applicable governmental immunity and preempts any contravening state laws.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2053: Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2053/
"S. 2053: Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2053/.
S. 2053, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2053/.
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