The bill would prohibit individuals, entities, and states from restricting or disadvantaging providers or others who provide or assist with reproductive health care services that are lawful where provided, including services for out-of-state patients. It would authorize federal and private lawsuits, allow equitable relief and litigation costs for prevailing plaintiffs, and bar federal funds from supporting certain state enforcement actions. It would appropriate $40 million for legal-assistance grants administered by the Attorney General and $40 million for security grants administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and restrict certain professional-liability insurers from denying coverage or suing providers solely over lawful reproductive health care services.

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