Bill
S. 3627 (119th): A bill to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes.
A bill to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes.
Summary
Recorded summary
The bill would require colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs to give prospective and enrolled students information on rights and resources for pregnant students who choose to carry a baby to term, or who become pregnant while enrolled. The required information includes a list of on-campus and community resources for carrying a pregnancy to term and caring for the baby after birth, available accommodations for pregnant students who are carrying and parenting, and how to file a discrimination complaint related to that decision.
Theological note: This measure bears on the protection of unborn human life and on family integrity. Scripture affirms the sanctity of life in the womb and calls the community to support mothers and children, so a measure that equips pregnant students to carry their children to term and to parent them is relevant to these concerns. The issue is one of disclosure and support, not coercion, and it does not itself impose a direct moral wrong.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: capped at tier 2.
- Lane: defends_life. Category: life. Lane tag: command.
- Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
- Lane: higher_education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: pregnancy_support. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: student_accommodations. 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: 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 12: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3627. Vote type: cloture.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly defends unborn life by making pregnancy-support resources and accommodations for carrying a child to term known to students. It does not advance any moral harm, and its administrative burden on institutions is a minor prudential matter that does not change the moral direction.
- Theological note: This measure bears on the protection of unborn human life and on family integrity. Scripture affirms the sanctity of life in the womb and calls the community to support mothers and children, so a measure that equips pregnant students to carry their children to term and to parent them is relevant to these concerns. The issue is one of disclosure and support, not coercion, and it does not itself impose a direct moral wrong.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics defends life
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 12 · January 27, 2026, 05:26 PM · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3627 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (47-45, 3/5 majority required)
Yea
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- PAUL, RAND
- RICKETTS, PETE
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER
Nay
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.