Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act (HR4876)
Current understanding
The Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act (HR4876) is legislation introduced in the 119th Congress that would expand reproductive healthcare access and rights for veterans through the VA system. The bill has received committee hearings but has not advanced to a floor vote. If enacted, it would affect what reproductive services veterans can obtain through VA-provided or VA-covered care.
Evidence log
- 2025-02-06 — Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act: Related bill — Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act (introduced) — would prohibit VA cost-sharing for contraceptive items required to be covered without cost-sharing by private plans, a narrower contraception-specific companion to broader VA reproductive-care expansions. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-01-22 — No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025: cross-connection with abortion-federal-funding-restrictions: A permanent, government-wide federal funding ban would constrain VA-provided abortion services that the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act seeks to protect. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-03-18 — Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act: cross-connection with veterans-community-care-program: Both concern the scope of healthcare services veterans can access through or outside the VA. (novelty: 3)