Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

The Women's Health Protection Act would have established a federal statutory right for healthcare providers to provide abortion care and for patients to receive it, free from medically unnecessary restrictions and bans. It would have prohibited states from imposing waiting periods, mandatory counseling, and other barriers that make reproductive healthcare harder to access. Millions of American women in states with restrictive laws would have gained protected access to basic reproductive healthcare.

Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced S 2150 on June 24, 2025. The Senate read it twice and sent it to the Committee on the Judiciary. For 438 days, the committee has refused to hold a single hearing or allow a single vote.

While this bill collects dust, women in half the country cannot access abortion care in their home states. They drive hundreds of miles, drain their savings, or carry unwanted pregnancies to term because lawmakers won't even debate the issue. Healthcare providers face criminal prosecution for doing their jobs.

Who killed the Women's Health Protection Act?