H.R. 10178House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

SHIELD Act

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The SHIELD Act amends the federal General Education Provisions Act to limit how schools can share information about abortion. It prohibits abortion providers and their affiliates from distributing such information on school grounds or school‑run online platforms, adds a new category of prohibited activity, and requires schools to inform parents before any abortion‑related content is shared with students. The changes apply to local educational agencies that receive federal education funding and affect the students they serve.

Key Provisions

Adds “activities involving the distribution or dissemination of information about abortion or abortion‑related services to students” to the list of prohibited activities under the General Education Provisions Act.
Bars any organization that provides abortions (or its subsidiaries) from giving abortion‑related information to students on school property or on any virtual platform run by a local educational agency, including reposting on social media.
Requires local educational agencies that receive federal funds to notify parents before any abortion‑related information is distributed or disseminated to students.
Defines “abortion‑related service” as any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating a pregnancy.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

August 27, 2026

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Introduced in House

August 27, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

August 27, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued August 27, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10178

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 27, 2026

Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the General Education Provisions Act to require certain local educational agencies to notify parents before distributing or disseminating information about abortion or abortion-related services to students, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the School Health and Instructional Environment Limits and Disclosure Act or the SHIELD Act.

Restrictions on distributing information about abortion at schools

Section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (2)(C), by adding at the end the following:

(iv)

Activities involving the distribution or dissemination of information about abortion or abortion-related services to students.

;

(2)

by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;

(3)

by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:

(5)

Prohibition on certain organizations distributing abortion-related information

A local educational agency that receives funds under any applicable program may not allow any organization that provides abortions (or a subsidiary of such an organization), including an abortion service provider, to distribute or disseminate information about abortion or abortion-related services to students on school grounds or a virtual platform of the local educational agency (including sharing or reposting such information on behalf of such outside organization on social media).

; and

(4)

in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following:

(H)

Abortion-related service

The term abortion-related service means any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating the pregnancy of a woman.