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Contact Congress about S. 178: Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025

States would have to send abortion data to the CDC to keep certain Medicaid family planning funds. The CDC would use that data for a national system and yearly reports.

Modern Action explains legislation in plain English, helps you choose whether to support, oppose, or ask for changes, and drafts a message tied to the bill, your stance, and the elected officials who can act on it.

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Latest action on S. 178: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects state health departments and state Medicaid programs. They would have to collect, check, and send abortion data to the CDC to keep certain family planning payments. It could also affect providers and patients if states need more data from clinics or medical records to meet the reporting rules.

Why this matters: Abortion data is not reported the same way in every state today, so national numbers can be uneven. This bill would try to make that data more complete and easier to compare. It matters because those numbers can shape research, public health planning, and future policy debates. It also matters because states could lose certain family planning funds if they do not follow the reporting rules.

Key provisions in S. 178

  • States would have to send abortion data to the CDC to keep certain federal Medicaid payments for family planning services.
  • States would have to report a required set of abortion data. This includes age, weeks of pregnancy, race, ethnicity, marital status, past pregnancies and outcomes, county and state of residence, abortion method, and whether the child survived the abortion.
  • States must report by December 31 for abortions that happened two years earlier. If they report late but still by December 31 of the current year, they can still get paid, including back pay.
  • States would have to certify that the abortion data they send is accurate.
  • A state would lose the covered Medicaid family planning payments for the next full federal budget year if the CDC Director finds that it knowingly sent false abortion data.

How Modern Action helps you take action on S. 178

You do not have to start with a blank letter. Modern Action turns the bill, your position, and the relevant congressional context into a message you can edit and send. The goal is to make contacting Congress clear, specific, and useful without forcing you to parse bill text or figure out the right office on your own.

Questions people ask about S. 178

What is S. 178?
States would have to send abortion data to the CDC to keep certain Medicaid family planning funds. The CDC would use that data for a national system and yearly reports.
How do I support or oppose S. 178?
Choose support, oppose, or ask for changes on Modern Action. The action flow drafts the message for you and keeps the wording tied to this bill.
Who should I contact about S. 178?
Modern Action uses your location to route the action to the congressional offices relevant to the bill and your representation.
Can Modern Action explain S. 178 before I act?
Yes. Modern Action gives you a plain-English summary, current status, and action context before you send anything.

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  • Contact your reps on Abortion data reportingFederal bills would change what abortion-related data states, providers, or health programs must report to federal officials.

Related bills

  • Take action on H.R. 1525: Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act
  • Take action on S. 186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
  • Take action on H.R. 2497: Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025
  • Take action on H.R. 627: Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025