Trump budget provision would make abortion training opt-in for OB-GYNs

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Deep within President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal is a provision on training for obstetricians that could become a pivotal issue in the debates over abortion over the next few years. 

A small section in the president’s fiscal blueprint would ban teaching hospitals that receive federal funding from making abortion training the default.

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