Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act

The Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act (HR6219) was introduced in the House of Representatives on November 20, 2025, by Rep. Murphy (R-NC-3) and 25 cosponsors. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce. This is an early procedural stage for the legislation, with no further action recorded since its introduction. The bill aims 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. Specifically, it would prevent programs from providing or requiring such training without a participant voluntarily opting in, or from discriminating against participants who do not opt-in or perform such procedures. The bill does not authorize or appropriate any funds. Therefore, there is no direct money trail or financial mechanism that would immediately impact publicly traded companies. Given the bill's early stage and its focus on training program requirements rather than direct funding or broad regulatory changes affecting healthcare corporations' revenue streams, there are no immediate structural winners or losers among publicly traded companies. The bill's provisions relate to the internal operations and training protocols of medical residency programs, which are not typically direct drivers of market performance for large healthcare entities. There is an identical companion bill, S3238, introduced in the Senate, which indicates coordinated legislative effort but does not change the bill's early procedural status. To progress, HR6219 would need to be considered and passed by its assigned committees, then by the full House, and subsequently by the Senate, before potentially being signed into law. This process typically takes a significant amount of time, and many bills introduced at this stage do not advance further. As of today, 2026-04-07, the bill remains in the committee referral stage.