Collection of abortion data by CDC

Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317V the following: 317W. Abortion data (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall— (1) maintain a surveillance system to collect aggregate data in a standardized format on abortions in the United States; (2) as part of such system, create a standard worksheet to collect data from States on abortions in the respective States, which— (A) shall, at a minimum, include questions on the variables listed in subsection (b), to be treated as mandatory questions for purposes of section 1903(cc) of the Social Security Act; and (B) may include such additional questions on abortion as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to be treated as voluntary questions; (3) as part of such system, allow for cross-tabulation of the variables listed in subsection (b), including cross-tabulation of maternal age by gestational age; race and ethnicity by gestational age; type of abortion procedure by gestational age; race and ethnicity by maternal age; and race and ethnicity by marital status; and (4) periodically update the questions in the worksheet under paragraph (2), including the classification of such questions as mandatory or voluntary. (b) Variables The variables listed in this subsection are the following: (1) Maternal age in years. (2) Gestational age in completed weeks at the time of abortion. (3) Maternal race. (4) Maternal ethnicity. (5) Maternal race by ethnicity. (6) The abortion method type. (7) Maternal marital status. (8) Previous pregnancies of the mother, including the number of previous live births, the number of previous induced abortions, and the number of previous spontaneous abortions. (9) Maternal residence (limited to county and State). (10) Whether the child survived the abortion. (c) Technical assistance The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to States to facilitate and improve the reporting of data to the system under subsection (a). (d) Annual reporting The Secretary shall— (1) issue an annual report on abortion, which shall include the data collected pursuant to this section; and (2) publish such report not later than December 30 of the third calendar year following the calendar year covered by the report..