1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. (b) Purpose It is the purpose of this Act to protect women’s health by ensuring that abortion services will continue to be available and that abortion providers are not singled out for medically unnecessary restrictions that burden women by preventing them from accessing safe abortion services. It is not the purpose of this Act to address all obstacles in the path of women who seek access to abortion (for example, this Act does not apply to clinic violence, restrictions on insurance or medical assistance coverage of abortion, or requirements for parental consent or notification before a minor may obtain an abortion) which Congress should address through separate legislation as appropriate. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Abortion The term abortion means any medical treatment, including the prescription of medication, intended to cause the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of increasing the probability of a live birth, to remove an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead fetus. (2) Abortion provider The term abortion provider means a health care professional who performs abortions. (3) Government The term government includes a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, or individual acting under color of law of the United States, a State, or a subdivision of a State. (4) Health care professional The term health care professional means a licensed medical professional (including physicians, certified nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) who is competent to perform abortions based on clinical training. (5) Medically comparable procedures The term medically comparable procedures means medical procedures that are similar in terms of risk, complexity, duration, or the degree of sterile precaution that is indicated. (6) Pregnancy The term pregnancy refers to the period of the human reproductive process beginning with the implantation of a fertilized egg. (7) State The term State includes each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the