Contact Congress about S. 1756: Conscience Protection Act of 2025

Health care workers, hospitals, insurers, and other groups could refuse to help with abortions or abortion coverage without being punished. Federal health officials could investigate violations, cut funding, or send cases to court.

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Conscience Protection Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Latest action on S. 1756: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects health care workers, hospitals, clinics, health systems, insurers, health plans, and groups that make health referrals. It also affects state and local governments and other organizations that receive federal health-related money. Patients could feel the effects if local providers, insurers, or health systems use these protections in ways that change referrals, scheduling, coverage, or available services.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it could change how abortion-related care and coverage work in hospitals, clinics, insurance plans, and referral systems. It gives conscience objections stronger federal backing and adds a direct path to court. It could also change how health systems plan staffing, referrals, and coverage. The bill does not say exactly how much patient access would change; that would depend on who uses the protections and how courts apply them.

Key provisions in S. 1756

• The bill would protect refusal to take part in abortion-related care or coverage. The federal government and groups getting federal health money could not punish health care entities for refusing to perform, help with, refer for, pay for, or arrange abortions or abortion coverage.
• The bill uses a broad meaning of health care entity. It includes clinicians, pharmacists, researchers, hospitals, health systems, insurers, health plans, training programs, referral-based social service groups, health care sharing ministries, and related organizations.
• The bill does not make any provider or organization offer abortions. It bars penalties against those who choose not to take part.
• Federal emergency care rules would still apply. The bill says it does not change existing emergency care requirements for pregnant women and their unborn children.
• HHS would have to write rules to carry out these protections. The rules would cover several existing conscience and religious-freedom laws in federal health and foreign aid programs.

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Questions people ask about S. 1756

What is S. 1756?

Health care workers, hospitals, insurers, and other groups could refuse to help with abortions or abortion coverage without being punished. Federal health officials could investigate violations, cut funding, or send cases to court.

How do I support or oppose S. 1756?

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Who should I contact about S. 1756?

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