Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 6169 (109th)

Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

25 September 2006

Last action

2 October 2006 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3], Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2], Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2], Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4], Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4], Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4], Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6], Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1], Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6], Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8], Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1], Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8], Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6], Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2], Rescom. Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2], Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10], Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24], Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

15 August 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to expand and intensify NIMH research and related activities with respect to post-abortion depression and psychosis. Requires the Director of NIMH to: (1) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, such post-abortion conditions; and (2) conduct a study to determine the incidence and prevalence of cases of post-abortion conditions and the symptoms, severity, and duration of such cases, toward the goal of more fully identifying the characteristics of such cases and developing diagnostic techniques. Requires the Secretary to make grants to establish, operate, and coordinate effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such post-abortion conditions.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 25 September 2006

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 September 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 September 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 2 October 2006

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 25 September 2006

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 25 September 2006

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 25 September 2006

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.