{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sen-tim-scott-reintroduces-legislation-to-protect-and-support-pregnant-women-and-families/", "Sen. Tim Scott reintroduces legislation to protect and support\u00a0pregnant\u00a0women and families", "2026-03-26", "2026", "2026-03", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", "timscott", "https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/jsf/jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) reintroduced the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, legislation aimed at ensuring pregnant women and new mothers have access to critical support services by protecting funding for pregnancy resource centers and community-based family organizations.\n\nJoining Sen. Scott in introducing the legislation are Sens. Jim Justice (R-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Todd Young (R-IN).\n\n\u201cSupporting women means ensuring they have real resources, real care, and real options,\u201d said Sen. Scott. \u201cI am proud to lead this legislation to protect and strengthen the community organizations that serve women and families every day\u2014offering guidance, support, and critical services so no mother faces pregnancy or parenthood alone.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur pregnancy resource centers need to know that we have their backs. They\u2019re stepping up every single day for expecting moms and young families in ways that just can\u2019t be replaced. This bill makes it clear: states can continue to partner with these organizations without the federal government limiting their funding. We should be doing everything in our power to help women, support parents, and strengthen families. This is just common sense, and a strong step in the right direction,\u201d said Sen. Justice.\n\n\u201cPregnancy resource centers have a long history of empowering women on their journey to motherhood, and it\u2019s unconscionable that the Biden Health and Human Services Department attempted to undercut their funding,\u201d said Sen. Cornyn. \u201cBy permanently prohibiting any restrictions on TANF funding for pregnancy centers, this legislation would safeguard these life-changing organizations against the woke policies of future Democrat administrations and equip expectant mothers with the resources to give our most vulnerable the best chance of survival.\u201d\n\n\u201cPregnancy centers are often an important lifeline for mothers and growing families,\u201d said Sen. Risch. \u201cThe Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act ensures these critical resources remain available to those who need it most.\u201d\n\n\u201cPregnancy resource centers play an important role in our communities. They provide critical care to women and families, including parenting education, counseling, and material support like diapers and baby supplies. Our bill will ensure that states, including Indiana, can continue to champion and support these centers,\u201d said Sen. Young.\n\nThe Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act would safeguard federal funding for pregnancy resource centers and family-support organizations that provide life-affirming care to women and families in need. These organizations offer a wide range of services, including parenting education, material assistance, housing referrals, and health care guidance\u2014often at no cost, particularly for low-income and underserved communities.\n\nThe bill is designed to strengthen support systems for pregnant and parenting women by protecting community-based organizations from politically or ideologically motivated funding restrictions. The legislation combats attempts by the previous Biden administration to discriminate against pregnancy resource centers, which have increasingly faced conditions that threaten their ability to provide essential services when women and families need them most.\n\nSen. Scott has consistently fought to ensure that support for mothers, children, and families is expanded so they have access to the care, guidance, and resources necessary to thrive at every stage of pregnancy and parenthood.\n\nThe legislation is supported by a broad coalition of organizations committed to life-affirming care and family support, including:\n\nNational Right to Life\n\nSusan B. Anthony Pro-Life America\n\nMarch for Life Action\n\nAmericans United for Life\n\nHeartbeat International\n\nStudents for Life Action\n\nConcerned Women for America\n\nFamily Policy Alliance\n\nFull text of the bill can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sen-tim-scott-reintroduces-legislation-to-protect-and-support-pregnant-women-and-families/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6650530267506838, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}