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This bill, known as the "Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act," aims to modify the Public Health Service Act by prohibiting federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, with very limited exceptions. Specifically, the bill would prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services from providing Title X assistance to any organization that performs abortions, except in two narrow circumstances: (1) when the pregnancy results from rape or incest, or (2) when a physician certifies that the pregnancy poses a serious, life-threatening physical risk to the woman. The bill requires annual reporting to Congress detailing the number and types of exceptions, includes the entire legal entity and its controlled organizations in the prohibition, and allows hospitals to receive funding as long as they do not provide funds to other entities performing abortions outside the specified exceptions. Hospitals are defined according to the Social Security Act's definition. The bill represents a significant restriction on abortion access within the federal family planning grant program, aiming to limit organizations that provide abortion services from receiving government funding.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/343/all-info