Bill > S3238

This bill amends the Social Security Act to protect medical residents' conscientious objection to abortion training in Medicare-approved residency programs. Specifically, the bill prohibits medical training programs from requiring residents to undergo abortion-related training without their voluntary opt-in consent. The legislation prevents residency programs from penalizing or discriminating against medical residents who choose not to participate in abortion training, perform abortions, assist in abortion procedures, or provide abortion counseling or referrals. Under this bill, any residency program that mandates abortion training without explicit voluntary participant consent or subjects participants to adverse treatment based on their abortion training preferences would no longer be considered an approved Medicare graduate medical education program. The bill aims to safeguard the individual conscience rights of medical residents by ensuring they are not compelled to engage in abortion-related medical training or services against their personal beliefs.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3238/all-info