H.R. 10178

SHIELD Act

Sponsor: W. Gregory Steube

6 cosponsors
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Sec. 2. Restrictions on distributing information about abortion at schools

Section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by adding at the end the following:

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(iv) Activities involving the distribution or dissemination of information about abortion or abortion-related services to students.

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;

(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:

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(5) Prohibition on certain organizations distributing abortion-related information. A local educational agency that receives funds under any applicable program may not allow any organization that provides abortions (or a subsidiary of such an organization), including an abortion service provider, to distribute or disseminate information about abortion or abortion-related services to students on school grounds or a virtual platform of the local educational agency (including sharing or reposting such information on behalf of such outside organization on social media).

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(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following:

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(H) Abortion-related service. The term abortion-related service means any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating the pregnancy of a woman.