Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2025
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
This bill would prohibit federal funding to colleges and universities that provide abortion services or drugs to students or employees through affiliated student health centers.
Why it matters: The bill affects Christian families by using federal funding restrictions to pressure higher-education institutions away from abortion provision, which aligns with pro-life values but may indirectly impact college choice and institutional autonomy questions for religious families.
Topic: Sanctity of life · classifier confidence 75%
What this changes
Amends existing law
Law today: Federal funds are currently awarded to institutions of higher education without a specific prohibition on abortion services at student health centers or affiliated sites.
If passed: The bill would prohibit any college or university from receiving federal funding if it offers abortion drugs or abortions through student health services or affiliated sites. This would affect Christian families whose children attend federally-funded colleges, potentially changing what reproductive services those institutions can provide.
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Likely supporters & opponents
Likely support
- pro-life advocacy organizations — Taxpayer dollars should not fund institutions that provide or facilitate abortion.
- religious-liberty advocacy organizations — Christian families should not be forced to contribute tax dollars to colleges offering services that violate their faith convictions.
Likely opposition
- civil-liberties and abortion-access groups — The bill restricts access to legal reproductive healthcare and infringes on women's autonomy and medical freedom.
- colleges and universities — The restriction threatens federal funding streams and limits the health services institutions can offer students.
- medical associations — Limiting access to medication abortion interferes with healthcare providers' ability to deliver comprehensive medical care.
AI-inferred typical positions based on the bill’s substance — general stakeholder categories, not confirmed endorsements.
Should I support this?
Likely helpful for Christian families
For Christian parents who believe life begins at conception and should be protected, this bill prevents federal funding from supporting abortion services at colleges. It aligns with the conviction that taxpayer funds should not subsidize practices the parents' faith opposes, though it does not directly control what their children may choose to do independently.
An AI assessment from a Christian-family perspective — religious freedom, parental rights, and freedom in education — not legal or voting advice.
Official summary
To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
- Chip Roy (R)
- Randy Feenstra (R)
- Daniel Webster (R)
- Warren Davidson (R)
- Ben Cline (R)
- Mike Bost (R)
- Clay Higgins (R)
- Richard Hudson (R)
- John Moolenaar (R)
- Dan Crenshaw (R)
- Randy Weber (R)
- Andy Harris (R)
- Michael Guest (R)
- Robert Aderholt (R)
- Andrew Ogles (R)
- Gus Bilirakis (R)
- Charles Fleischmann (R)
- Mary Miller (R)
- Paul Gosar (R)
- Troy Downing (R)
- Brandon Gill (R)
- Barry Moore (R)
- Andy Biggs (R)
- Glenn Grothman (R)
- Tracey Mann (R)
- Mark Harris (R)
- Sheri Biggs (R)
- Elijah Crane (R)
- Cliff Bentz (R)
- Morgan Griffith (R)
Status timeline
- 2025-01-22Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.H
- 2025-01-22Introduced in HouseH
H = House · S = Senate · A = Assembly