Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 16
- Latest action
- Nov 20, 2025
What it does
The Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act would amend the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare-approved medical residency programs from requiring residents to participate in abortion training or related counseling and referrals unless they voluntarily opt in. The bill would also prohibit discrimination against residents who decline such training or refuse to perform, assist with, or provide referrals for induced abortions. This change aims to protect the conscience rights of medical trainees by ensuring participation in abortion-related training is entirely voluntary and not a condition of program participation. The bill applies specifically to residency and postgraduate…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.