Here’s a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week:

Supporting Women and Families that Choose Life ✅

Last fall, Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule to restrict Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) funds for pregnancy centers that provide support to mothers and families that choose life, clearly violating the 1996 law creating TANF that prohibits Administrations from regulating its funds. 

These pregnancy centers provide services to protect the lives of both the mother and the child – something that Democrats have made clear is not their priority – such as treatments, education on parenting and prenatal care, ultrasounds, transportation and housing referrals, and resources like diapers, and served over 2 million women and families in 2019 alone.

Let’s be clear: Restricting funding to pregnancy centers whose purpose is to serve and assist pregnant women is targeted, political, and solely harms the women by taking away crucial resources.

H.R. 6918, the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, introduced by Rep. Michelle Fischbach, prevents the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers that serve new mothers and families that choose life.

“Pregnancy centers support expectant mothers and their unborn children, offering a wide range of support. Unfortunately, this Administration is trying to push its anti-woman, anti-abortion agenda, this time taking aim at these vital centers,” said Rep. Michelle Fischbach. “In a new proposed rule, the Department of Health and Human Services is singling out pregnancy centers trying to block important TANF funding from these resources and instead direct it towards facilities that provide abortions. I introduced the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act to ensure pregnancy centers cannot be excluded or restricted from receiving TANF funding. Conservatives are here for unborn babies and their mothers, and we want to ensure those moms are supported throughout their pregnancy and empowered to raise their families.”

What Members Said:
Unfortunately, many college students who become pregnant feel forced to choose between their child and their academic future, instead of feeling empowered to choose life and education. 

On college campuses, pregnant students face pressure to get an abortion, or else suffer in class, experience judgment from professors and students, or lose out on opportunities. Almost 30 percent of women getting abortions are around college age, between 20 and 24. However, under Title IX, pregnant students cannot be discriminated against or lose scholarships, housing, or other opportunities due to their pregnancy.

It is vital that we ensure pregnant students are aware of their rights and resources available to them while balancing school, pregnancy, their health, and their growing family. Student mothers choosing life should have every opportunity to know and exercise their rights, and they deserve our support and help to succeed on campus.

Rep. Ashley Hinson’s legislation, H.R. 6914, the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, requires universities and higher education institutions to communicate and distribute information informing pregnant students of their rights, accommodations, and resources available to them.

“Pregnant women on college campuses should never be pressured into having an abortion, they should be surrounded with support and empowered to continue their education and their pregnancy. Women who choose to complete their studies while pregnant should be an inspiration to us all, and I find it sad that Democrats are so dug in on the pro-abortion agenda that they would oppose providing pregnant women on college campuses with resources and information about available protections under Title IX. This life-affirming legislation will help save moms and babies and is a vital step toward creating a culture of life in this country,” said Rep. Ashley Hinson. 

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