the bill is sickening, but I believe it's mostly theater.

Rape is defined at the state level and handled at the local level. The bill has to do with federal funding of abortions resulting from rape. However, I'm sure that almost all such unwanted pregnancies would be dealt with by a 'morning-after' treatment, and the feds would never know what happened.

This is part of the GOP's long-standing policy of speaking against abortion but actually doing nothing to help anyone.