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H.R. 4888119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Aug 5, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2025
Introduced:
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HR 4888 would require the State Department to add a dedicated reproductive rights section to its annual human rights reports for every country.
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HR 4888 would legally require the U.S. State Department to include a dedicated reproductive rights section in its annual country-by-country human rights reports. That section would have to cover access to contraception, abortion laws, pregnancy-related death rates, and coercive practices such as forced sterilization or forced pregnancy. The bill also requires the reports to track unequal access to reproductive health care among people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ individuals, and people of different racial or ethnic backgrounds.
State Department employees who write the annual reports would be most directly affected, as they would face new required research and reporting topics. People living in other countries, particularly women, girls, and other groups named in the bill, could be indirectly affected if the reports influence U.S. foreign policy, aid, or diplomatic relationships.
These annual human rights reports are already used to guide U.S. foreign aid and diplomatic decisions, so adding this section could shift how the U.S. evaluates and engages with other countries. The bill does not change any U.S. domestic laws or policies.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.