Bill > S4868

This bill, titled the "Providing for Life Act", aims to provide support and assistance to unborn children, pregnant women, parents, and families. Key provisions include: - Permanently extending and modifying the child tax credit, including increasing the credit amount for qualifying children under age 6. - Allowing the child tax credit to be claimed for unborn children, with a retroactive or double credit option in certain cases. - Denying the deduction for state and local taxes for individuals. - Making the adoption tax credit refundable. - Establishing a new parental leave benefit program under Social Security. - Requiring biological fathers to pay child support for medical expenses incurred during pregnancy and delivery. - Enhancing protections and resources for pregnant students at institutions of higher education. - Creating a grant program for community-based maternal mentoring programs. - Ensuring equal treatment for religious organizations in the provision of federally funded social services. - Establishing a comprehensive federal website and portal to provide information and resources for pregnant women. - Reforming the WIC program to extend postpartum eligibility and strengthen child support requirements. - Providing funding and support for pregnancy resource centers.