U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB1756: Conscience Protection Act of 2025
Status: In committee, March 19, 2026
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws.
What the bill says
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws.
From the introduced text, May 14, 2025:
A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conscience Protection Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Thomas Jefferson stated a conviction common to our Nation's founders when he declared in 1809 that [n]o provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority . (2) No health care entity should have to choose between giving up their religious, moral, ethical, or medical convictions and abandoning a vital medical mission. Congress enacted more than two dozen provisions in Federal statutes to protect such rights in health care, which also protect States ability to operate in accordance with their laws to protect similar rights without fear of retaliation from the Federal Government. Such provisions of Federal statutes include-- (A) subsections (b) through (e) of section 401 of the Health Programs Extension Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 300a-7 ) (commonly known, and referred to in this section, as the Church Amendments ); (B) section 245 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 238n ) …
Sponsors
- Lankford, James (R, SD-OK) · primary sponsor
- Cramer, Kevin (R)
- Rounds, Mike (R)
- Risch, James (R)
- Lummis, Cynthia (R)
- Daines, Steve (R)
- Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R)
- Budd, Ted (R)
- Hawley, Josh (R, SD-MO)
- Young, Todd (R)
- Ricketts, Pete (R)
- Ernst, Joni (R)
Latest actions
- : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Abortion, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Civil actions and liability, Department of Health and Human Services, Health
Common questions
- What is SB1756?
- SB1756 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Conscience Protection Act of 2025.
- What does SB1756 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws.
- What is the status of SB1756?
- In committee as of March 19, 2026. Latest action: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. (March 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1756?
- Lankford, James (R, SD-OK), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1756?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1756
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