SAD Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings on abortion access, crisis pregnancy center misinformation, and post-Dobbs landscape and requires prohibition on deceptive advertising about reproductive health services with FTC enforcement. It relies on compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Healthcare and Consumer Protection.
Who Benefits and How
People seeking reproductive health services would be affected, Federal Trade Commission would be affected, and Abortion providers and clinics would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Crisis pregnancy centers would be affected and Antiabortion nonprofit organizations would be affected.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings on abortion access, crisis pregnancy center misinformation, and post-Dobbs landscape.
- Requires prohibition on deceptive advertising about reproductive health services with FTC enforcement.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings on abortion access, crisis pregnancy center misinformation, and post-Dobbs landscape and requires prohibition on deceptive advertising about reproductive health services with FTC enforcement.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Consumer Protection
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings on abortion access, crisis pregnancy center misinformation, and post-Dobbs landscape and requires prohibition on deceptive advertising about reproductive health services with FTC enforcement.
Policy Domains
Prohibition on Deceptive Reproductive Health Advertising
Identified Gains
- People seeking reproductive health services
- Federal Trade Commission
- Abortion providers and clinics
Identified Costs
- Crisis pregnancy centers
- Antiabortion nonprofit organizations
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Bonamici (for herself, Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Adams, …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Abortion providers and clinics, Crisis pregnancy centers
Positive-direction: Abortion providers and clinics
Negative-direction: Crisis pregnancy centers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Attorney General"
- → may be authorized by FTC to bring litigation
- "Federal Trade Commission"
- → enforcement authority, rulemaking, and civil actions
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