Overview

• The Republican Study Committee's budget proposal for fiscal 2025 includes 38 anti-abortion bills and initiatives, among them a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.
• Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House have sharply criticized the proposal, calling it an attack on women's reproductive freedom and a part of Republicans' 'extreme agenda'.
• The proposed budget would eliminate funding for Title X, which provides financial assistance for low-income family planning services, and restrict access to mifepristone, an FDA-approved abortion pill.
• Critics argue that the budget's support for the Life at Conception Act threatens not only abortion access but also in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
• President Biden has vowed to fight back against the proposal and continue efforts to restore Roe v. Wade protections, allowing women to make their own health care decisions.