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INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-344
PREGNANT STUDENTS' RIGHTS ACT
JANUARY 12, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6914]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 6914) to require institutions of higher edu-
cation to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommoda-
tions and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Pregnant Students' Rights Act.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Female students enrolled at institutions of higher education and experi-
encing an unplanned pregnancy may face pressure that their only option is to
receive an abortion or risk academic failure.
(2) Almost 30 percent of all abortions in the United States are performed on
women of college age, between the ages of 20 and 24, according to a 2021 report
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(3) Scientific evidence and personal testimonies document that women who
have abortions can be at risk of mental health issues. Studies show that after
an abortion, women are 34 percent more likely to develop anxiety disorders, 37
percent more likely to develop depression, 110 percent more likely to rely on al-
cohol use or abuse, 115 percent more likely to develop suicidal behavior, and
220 percent more likely to take on marijuana use or abuse. As many as 60 per-
cent of women having an abortion experience some level of emotional distress
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