Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Bars Medicare-approved residency programs from requiring abortion training without affirmative opt-in and from discriminating against participants who refuse such training or related abortion involvement.
Who Benefits and How
Medical residents and other postgraduate trainees with conscience objections to abortion training could receive stronger protection against mandatory participation and retaliation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Teaching hospitals and residency programs would have to redesign training policies to preserve Medicare approval and avoid discrimination claims.
Key Provisions
- Excludes certain residency programs from Medicare-approved training status if abortion training is not strictly opt-in.
- Prohibits discrimination against participants who decline abortion training or participation.
- Applies the rule to abortion performance, assistance, counseling, and referral training.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Bars Medicare-approved residency programs from requiring abortion training without affirmative opt-in and from discriminating against participants who refuse such training or related abortion involvement.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Civil Rights, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Bars Medicare-approved residency programs from requiring abortion training without affirmative opt-in and from discriminating against participants who refuse such training or related abortion involvement.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Medical residents and trainees with conscience objections to abortion training
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Residency programs and teaching hospitals subject to Medicare approval rules
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Lummis, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Medical residents and trainees with conscience objections to abortion training
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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