Dan Coats: “the amendment on which we are about to vote prevents the Government from discriminating against hospitals and ob- gyn…”

“the amendment on which we are about to vote prevents the Government from discriminating against hospitals and ob- gyn residents who choose not to perform abortions. It protects those civil rights, but it also allows those who voluntarily choose to perform abortions to receive training in that procedure. The amendment is supported by Senator Frist. The amendment is supported by Senator Snowe. It is supported by the American Medical Association, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It goes to the rights of institutions and individuals to say that they do not believe it is in their best interests to receive mandatory training for abortion procedures. It is a civil rights issue. I hope our Members would vote for it.”