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Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit approved medical residency training programs under the Medicare program from requiring opt-out abortion training.

Introduced Nov 20, 2025

Latest action (Nov 20, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Abortion

Summary

This bill amends the Social Security Act to modify the requirements for approved medical residency training programs under the Medicare program. It prohibits such programs from providing or requiring training in the performance of abortions, assisting in abortions, or counseling or referrals for abortions unless participants first voluntarily opt-in to receive such training. The bill also prohibits programs from discriminating against residents based on whether they participate in or decline abortion-related training. The prohibition takes effect on the date the bill is enacted.

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Sponsor (1)
26 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 20, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Nov 20, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3238 — Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 90%
  • HR 3411 — Conscience Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 9441 — SAFE Training for OB-GYNs Act · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 9420 — Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 1756 — Conscience Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 4878 — Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Nov 20, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 20, 2025

Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Onder, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Self, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Bost, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fedorchak, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Gosar, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit approved medical residency training programs under the Medicare program from requiring opt-out abortion training.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING APPROVED MEDICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM FROM REQUIRING OPT-OUT ABORTION TRAINING.

Section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Beginning on the date of enactment of the Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act, such term does not include any such residency or other postgraduate medical training program that provides training in the performance of, or assisting in the performance of, induced abortions, or in counseling or referrals for such abortions, if such program—

“(i) provides or requires such training for any participant in such program without the participant first voluntarily electing to opt- in to undergo such training; or

“(ii) subjects any participant in such program to discrimination on the basis that the participant does not—

“(I) voluntarily elect to opt-in to undergo such training; or

“(II) perform, assist in the performance of, or provide counseling or referrals for, such abortions.”. <all>

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