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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 2653 (Introduced in House) — To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related reconciliation provisions, to promote patient-ce... · Sec. 701

Sec. 701. Respecting human life

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Nothing in this Act (or any amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to require any health plan (including any high-risk pool) to provide coverage of, or access to, abortion services or to allow the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or any other Federal or non-Federal person or entity in implementing this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) to require coverage of, or access to, abortion services. No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to conduct or support research that includes embryo-destructive stem cell research and human cloning.
In this subsection, the term human cloning means human asexual reproduction accomplished by introducing the nuclear material from a human diploid cell into an oocyte to produce a living organism at any stage of development with a human or predominantly human genetic constitution. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit conducting or supporting research that does not include embryo-destructive stem cell research or human cloning, including research involving nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, or animals other than humans.
No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion (including a high risk pool described in section 2745 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–45 ), as amended by section 311 of this Act), except— if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or in the case where a pregnant female suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the female in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting any non-Federal entity (including an individual or a State or local government) from purchasing separate coverage for abortions for which funding is prohibited under this subsection, or a health plan that includes such abortions, so long as such coverage or plan is paid for entirely using only funds not authorized or appropriated by this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall restrict any non-Federal health insurance issuer offering a health plan from offering separate coverage for abortions for which funding is prohibited under this subsection, or a health plan that includes such abortions, so long as— premiums for such separate coverage or plan are paid for entirely with funds not authorized or appropriated by this Act; and administrative costs and all services offered through such coverage or plan are paid for using only premiums collected for such coverage or plan.
No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for administrative expenses in connection with any health plan (including an association health plan that has entered into trusteeship) which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to preempt or otherwise have any effect on State laws— protecting conscience rights or restricting or prohibiting abortion or coverage or funding of abortion, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; or establishing procedural requirements on abortions, including parental notification or consent for the performance of an abortion on a minor.
In this section: The term association health plan has the meaning given to such term in section 801 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , as added by section 451 of this Act. The term high-risk pool means a high-risk pool described in section 2745 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–45 ), as amended by section 311 of this Act.
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