Abortion Is Not Health Care Act (Medical Expense Deduction Exclusion)
Current understanding
HR73 (119th Congress) would amend Internal Revenue Code Section 213 to exclude amounts paid for abortion from the itemized deduction for qualified medical and dental expenses. The practical effect would be to raise the after-tax cost of abortion for taxpayers who itemize and whose total medical expenses exceed the AGI threshold, without directly restricting the procedure. Status: introduced; no committee action reported.
Evidence log
- 2025-01-22 — No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025: cross-connection with abortion-coverage-restrictions: Both measures restrict federal subsidization of abortion — one by prohibiting federal funds and ACA plan coverage, the other by excluding abortion from the medical expense tax deduction. (novelty: 3)