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S. 253 119th Congress Senate

Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the deduction for medical expenses.

Introduced: January 24, 2025 Introduced by: Mike Lee Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 24, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

This bill excludes amounts paid for an abortion from the itemized tax deduction for qualified medical and dental expenses, subject to exceptions. 

Under current law, individuals who itemize their tax deductions may deduct qualified medical and dental expenses to the extent that such expenses exceed 7.5% of the individual’s adjusted gross income for the tax year. Further, under current law, the calculation of the itemized tax deduction for medical and dental expenses may include amounts paid for a legal abortion.

Under the bill, amounts paid for an abortion may not be claimed as part of the itemized deduction for medical and dental expenses. However, under the bill, amounts paid for an abortion may be included in the itemized deduction for medical and dental expenses if (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) a woman is suffering from a physical disorder, injury, or illness (including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself) that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death if an abortion were not performed.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 73 Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025
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 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 7
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · Jan 24, 2025
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 24, 2025
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 24, 2025
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 24, 2025
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Jan 24, 2025
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Jan 24, 2025
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jan 24, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 253: Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-253/
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"S. 253: Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-253/.
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S. 253, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-253/.
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