# H.R. 6359 (119th): Pregnant Students' Rights Act

Pregnant Students' Rights Act This bill requires each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs to provide certain information to prospective and enrolled students on the rights and resources for pregnant students to carry a baby to term or students who may become pregnant while enrolled at the IHE to carry a baby to term. In particular, this required information must include a list of community and on-campus resources that exist to help a pregnant student in carrying the baby to term and caring for the baby after birth, information about the accommodations available to help a pregnant student carry the baby to term and parent the baby after birth, and information on how to file a discrimination complaint related to the student's determination to carry a baby to term.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: capped at tier 2.
Lane: abortion. Category: life. Lane tag: command.
Lane: abortion_alternatives. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: defends_life. Category: life. Lane tag: command.
Lane: educational_discrimination. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: higher_education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: maternal_support. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: parenting_support. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: pregnancy_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: pregnancy_support. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: student_rights. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Cap: tier 2. The Design B factor of 0.5 applies to residual and exposure.
Review note: House version of S. 3627. Information on rights, accommodations, and resources for pregnant students. Tier 1 is reserved for the gravest matters (taking innocent life, sexual corruption of children), applied equally to all parties. This bill still scores in its protective direction, but only at tier 2; a cloture nay on it is a grave compromise, not a disqualifier.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 46: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 47: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly supports carrying unborn children to term and promotes support for pregnant students and young parents, which defends unborn life and family integrity. Its mechanism is an information and accommodation mandate rather than a broad policy with competing moral costs, so the existing 'mixed' label is more cautious than the measure's stated purpose warrants.
Theological note: Scripture gives high regard to unborn human life and to the nurture and support of mothers and children, so measures that help pregnant women carry children to term and sustain family life are relevant to the protection of life and to family integrity. The bill's operative effect is informational and accommodation-focused rather than a direct prohibition of abortion, so its moral weight rests on whether it meaningfully supports life-affirming choices in a just and practical way.

## Recorded votes

Roll 46: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 213 · Nay 216 · Other 2.
Roll 47: On Passage. Yea 217 · Nay 211 · Other 3.

HTML: https://justmeasure.org/bill/hr-6359-119/