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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S03987 Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association special requirements for obstetrics-gynecology; provides for experience with induced abortions and complications thereto except where residency program has a religious, moral or legal restriction which prohibits residents from performing abortions within the institution.

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Abortion provider clinic regulationAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 90%

Requires hospitals offering certain medical residencies to provide training in performing abortions (with exceptions for religious/moral objections) and managing complications, including at outside facilities if needed, so more providers are trained in abortion procedures.

Experience with induced abortion shall be part of residency train- ing, except for residents with moral or religious objections.

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Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-01-07: REFERRED TO HEALTH
Filed
2025-01-31
Committee
Health
Sponsor
Kevin Parker D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates specific abortion-related training (performance and complication management) as part of OB/GYN and related medical residencies at hospitals receiving state reimbursement, with provisions for external training when institutional restrictions apply; this directly addresses provider training and regulation in the abortion topic and expands access by increasing the number of trained providers.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07SREFERRED TO HEALTH
2025-01-31SREFERRED TO HEALTH