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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

Republican launches bill to force fathers to pay for half of pregnancy expenses

A House Republican is trying to introduce a bill that would ensure fathers are contributing to the cost of pregnancies.

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Iowa introduced a bill called the Supporting Healthy Pregnancy Act. The bill, if passed, would require states to ensure that biological fathers pay for at least 50 percent of the out-of-pocket medical costs associated with a pregnancy and delivery, including health insurance premiums, according to Fox News.

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