,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,ms4 ,lummis1   
,mr4 ,daines1 ,mrs4 ,britt1 ,mr4 ,scott 
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,banks1   
,mr4 ,young1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 and ,mr4     
,hawley7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,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 training4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,conscience ,protections for    
,medical ,residents ,act4  #b4          
,prohibiting approved medical residency 
training programs under the ,medicare   
program from requiring opt-out abortion 
training ,section #ahhf7;h77#e77;,a7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7h77#e77;,a77 is       

amended by adding at the end the        
following new sentence3 ,beginning on   
the date of enactment of the ,conscience
 ,protections for ,medical ,residents   
,act1 such term does not include any    
such residency or other postgraduate    
medical training program that provides  
training in the performance of1 or      
assisting in the performance of1 induced
 abortions1 or in counseling or         
referrals for such abortions1 if such   
program-- 7i7 provides or requires such 
training for any participant in such    
program without the participant first   
voluntarily electing to opt-in to       
undergo such training2 or  7ii7 subjects
 any participant in such program to     
discrimination on the basis that the    
participant does not-- 7,i7 voluntarily 
elect to opt-in to undergo such         
training2 or  7,,ii7 perform1 assist in 
the performance of1 or provide          
counseling or referrals for1 such       
abortions4  4