Miller, Hyde-Smith Introduce the Pregnancy Center Support Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced The Pregnancy Center Support Act, which will implement a 50% tax credit for donations made by taxpayers to Pregnancy Resource Centers through the Internal Revenue Code. The Pregnancy Center Support Act will incentivize contributions to Pregnancy Resource Centers as they provide volunteer-based care to women and families across the country. 

“Pregnancy Resource Centers across the United States value the sanctity of life and make it their mission to care for women and families in their time of need,” said Congresswoman Miller. “Many lives have been saved because of volunteers who provide services such as parenting education, job training, ultrasounds, diapers and baby clothes, and more to expecting parents. This tax credit will encourage individual donations in support of Pregnancy Resource Centers to ensure they can continue providing free services to mothers and families. I look forward to this bill's passage in Congress as we continue the fight for life.”
 
“The life-affirming impact of pregnancy centers is considerable and growing following the Dobbs decision that allows life-saving laws to take effect across America,” said Senator Hyde-Smith, chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus. “Despite what the radical pro-abortion left wants us to believe, the pro-life movement is also a pro-woman movement with a long history of empowering women during pregnancy and after. This legislation builds on that history by creating the means for pregnancy centers to access much-needed resources to meet the growing demands of supporting women and families in a post-Roe America.”
 
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Joining Congresswoman Miller and Senator Hyde-Smith in co-sponsoring the Pregnancy Center Support Act are Representatives Mary Miller (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Alex Mooney (R-WV), Michael Guest (R-MS), and Jim Banks (R-IN), and Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO.), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).

Organizations who support this bill include the following: March for Life Action, Students for Life, Catholic Vote, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Americans United for Life, Human Coalition, Heartbeat International, Care Net, National Right to Life, SBA Pro-Life America, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
 
Background:

• Pregnancy Resource Centers in the United States operate through voluntary donations by individuals and provide free services to women and families with unplanned or difficult pregnancy circumstances to help in their decision to carry their unborn child to term.
• In 2022, 2,750 pregnancy centers in the United States cared for clients more than 16 million times and offered over $358 million in free goods and services. 
• Services that Pregnancy Resource Centers provide include free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, testing for sexually transmitted infections, parenting education, job training, diapers and baby clothes, domestic abuse protection, and other essential materials.
• This tax credit will be available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or take the standard deduction. 

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