Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Protects medical residents from being required to participate in abortion training on an opt-out basis in Medicare-approved residency programs.
Who Benefits and How
Medical residents gain stronger conscience protections against mandatory abortion training and retaliation for declining to participate.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Residency programs risk losing Medicare-approved status if they require non-opt-in abortion training or discriminate against objecting participants.
Key Provisions
- Removes Medicare residency-program approval from programs that require abortion training unless the participant first opts in.
- Also bars discrimination against residents who decline abortion training or related services.
- Uses Medicare graduate medical education approval rules as the enforcement lever.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Protects medical residents from being required to participate in abortion training on an opt-out basis in Medicare-approved residency programs.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Civil Rights, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Protects medical residents from being required to participate in abortion training on an opt-out basis in Medicare-approved residency programs.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Medical residents objecting to abortion training
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Residency programs subject to Medicare approval requirements
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Onder, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, …
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Residency programs subject to Medicare approval requirements
Medical residents objecting to abortion training
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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