Conscience Protection Act of 2025 (HR3411)
Current understanding
The Conscience Protection Act of 2025 (HR3411) proposes federal statutory protections for healthcare entities and providers who decline to participate in certain medical procedures — most notably abortion — on moral or religious grounds. It would create a private right of action for enforcement and codify existing appropriations-rider protections (such as the Weldon Amendment) into permanent law. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; no substantive committee action has been reported.
Evidence log
- 2026-06-24 — Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection Act: cross-connection with federal-workforce-reproductive-rights-protection-act: Contrasting policy vectors on reproductive health in employment: HR9448 protects employees seeking reproductive health care, while conscience-protection bills shield objectors from participating. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-04-10 — Defense of Conscience in Health Care Act: cross-connection with defense-of-conscience-in-health-care-act: Both bills expand statutory conscience protections for health care providers; HR2874 works through reinstating a vacated HHS rule, while HR3411 creates a direct statutory cause of action. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-05-14 — Conscience Protection Act of 2025: cross-connection with do-no-harm-act-religious-freedom: Both bills concern the intersection of religious/moral objection and civil rights in healthcare but pull in opposite directions — HR3411 broadens conscience protections while HR1954 would restrict RFRA-based defenses against civil rights claims. (novelty: 2)