Sen. Katie Britt introduced the MOMS Act to provide a list of resources for women, but it became the subject of a Democratic-led smear campaign. (Getty Images)
Pregnancy.gov would be "a clearinghouse of relevant resources available for pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children," per the bill. The site would ask for a woman's zip code in order to find local resources and populate them for her. It would additionally include "a mechanism for users to take an assessment through the website and provide consent to use the user’s contact information, which the [Department of Health and Human Services secretary] may use to conduct outreach via phone or email to follow up with users on additional resources that would be helpful for the users to review."
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison slammed the proposal, writing on X, formerly Twitter, "So she creates a database of pregnant women, so Trump then knows who to prosecute if any of those women get an abortion."
"Yet another example of why this election is fundamental to protecting your liberty & freedoms!" he added.
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Murray joined others in claiming the bill would create a database of pregnant women. (Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS)
Britt hit back at the critics, telling Fox News Digital in a statement, "The desperate Democrat smear campaign against the MOMS Act is shameful but not surprising."
"Instead of being a part of a commonsense solution that would help vulnerable women, children, and families, some on the left would apparently rather fearmonger and spread intentionally false disinformation in a blindly partisan attempt to demonize their political opponents," she said.
The proposed legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Steve Daines, R-Mont., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and James Lankford, R-Okla.
A review by Fox News Digital found that nowhere in the bill text is any language authorizing the construction of a so-called "database" of pregnant women. And it is not explicitly written that any woman must indicate whether she is pregnant or not, as the site purports it will provide resources for postpartum women and mothers with young children.
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According to language in the legislation, there is no compulsory element mandating women to visit the site or provide their zip code, email, or phone number, as the idea of a pregnancy database might imply.
The bill would also provide resources for women post-partum and mothers of young children.
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Advancing American Freedom, an organization started by former Vice President Mike Pence, also weighed in on the false claims spread regarding the legislation. AAF Policy Director John Shelton told Fox News Digital, "The abortion industry tipped its hand when it made baseless smears against Senator Britt’s MOMS Act."
"Planned Parenthood would rather force hopeful mothers into abortions than ensure they have access to pregnancy resource centers and child support as they seek to raise their kids," he continued, noting the measure's provision for child support to be accessible during pregnancy.
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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