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Senator Fights to Protect Doctors and Nurses From Having to Do Abortions

US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC-03) today introduced the Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act.  The legislation ensures medical students and residents are never pressured or coerced into abortion training that violates their moral or religious beliefs, and it establishes clear federal protections, so residents are not forced to choose between their conscience and their careers.“Medical residents should never be pressured to violate their belie