Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025

# Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025 - Plain Language Summary **What the bill would do:** This bill would require states to report abortion data to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in order to receive federal Medicaid funding for family planning services. Currently, states voluntarily report this information. The CDC would create standardized questions that all states must use when reporting, focusing on details like the mother's age, race, and what method was used for the abortion.

This aims to create more consistent and complete national abortion statistics. **Who it affects:** States would be directly affected, as they would face new reporting requirements to maintain their federal Medicaid funding. The CDC would also be affected, as it would need to develop the standardized reporting system. Indirectly, the bill affects women who receive abortion services and family planning care, as well as healthcare providers and Medicaid administrators in each state. **Current status:** The bill (S 178) was introduced in the 119th Congress by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full Senate.