Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act

Key Points

• This bill says Medicare-approved residency programs can’t include abortion training unless a resident chooses to opt in first.
• Programs also couldn’t punish or treat a resident unfairly for saying no to abortion training, or for not helping with abortions or related counseling.
• If a residency program still makes abortion training the default, it could lose its Medicare-approved status, which can be a big financial hit.
• For residents, this would make it clearer they can refuse abortion-related training without risking their career path in that program.