Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act (HR4876)
Current understanding
HR4876, the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act, is a 119th Congress proposal to expand access to reproductive healthcare services and related rights for veterans receiving care through the VA system. As of the finding, committee hearings had been held but the bill had not advanced to a floor vote. Practical effect, if enacted, would extend federally-provided reproductive healthcare options to veterans regardless of the law in their state of residence.
Evidence log
- 2026-01-27 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to “Reproductive Health Services”.: cross-connection with va-reproductive-health-services: Both address the scope of reproductive health services available through the VA, from opposite directions: the CRA resolution would rescind the current VA rule, while the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act would codify expanded access. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-02-06 — Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act: cross-connection with equal-access-contraception-veterans-act: Both bills expand VA-provided reproductive health services for veterans; the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act focuses on the scope of covered services while this bill targets cost-sharing parity with private plans for contraception. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-01-22 — No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025: cross-connection with abortion-coverage-restrictions: Federal abortion funding restrictions directly interact with VA coverage of abortion services, which the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act would expand. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-03-18 — Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act: cross-connection with federal-workforce-reproductive-rights-protection-act: Both bills use federal-employer/beneficiary status as a hook to secure reproductive healthcare access independent of state-level restrictions — HR4876 for veterans via VA, HR9448 for federal workforce. (novelty: 3)