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Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA) |
A campaign is underway to force Catholic hospitals and other health care institutions to perform or promote abortion. In response, the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA) clarifies and strengthens conscience protection language found in current federal law (42 U.S.C. 238n). It expands the definition of the term “health care entity” and extends protection to entities refusing to provide coverage of, or pay for, abortion.
The current law (42 U.S.C. 238n) originally was enacted in 1996 in response to attempts by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to require every obstetrics and gynecology residency program to insure abortion training for their residents. See: Medical Training Non-Discrimination; Conscience Protection.
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