Coats–Snowe Amendment
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The Coats–Snowe Amendment is a U.S. federal conscience-protection law that shields healthcare entities and providers from being required to perform or refer for abortions contrary to their moral or religious beliefs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coats–Snowe Amendment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8280298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coats–Snowe Amendment Context triple: [Church Amendment, relatedTo, Coats–Snowe Amendment]
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McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
The McGovern–Hatfield Amendment was a proposed U.S. Senate measure during the Vietnam War that sought to set a deadline for the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.
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B.
Cooper–Church Amendment
The Cooper–Church Amendment was a key U.S. Senate measure during the Vietnam War aimed at restricting funding and authority for expanding American military operations, particularly in Cambodia.
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C.
Shepard–Byrd Act
The Shepard–Byrd Act is a U.S. federal hate-crime law that expanded protections to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
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D.
Hughes Amendment
The Hughes Amendment is a 1986 U.S. federal provision that effectively banned civilian ownership of newly manufactured fully automatic firearms by freezing the machine gun registry.
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E.
Nunn–Cohen Amendment
The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coats–Snowe Amendment Target entity description: The Coats–Snowe Amendment is a U.S. federal conscience-protection law that shields healthcare entities and providers from being required to perform or refer for abortions contrary to their moral or religious beliefs.
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A.
McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
The McGovern–Hatfield Amendment was a proposed U.S. Senate measure during the Vietnam War that sought to set a deadline for the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.
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B.
Cooper–Church Amendment
The Cooper–Church Amendment was a key U.S. Senate measure during the Vietnam War aimed at restricting funding and authority for expanding American military operations, particularly in Cambodia.
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C.
Shepard–Byrd Act
The Shepard–Byrd Act is a U.S. federal hate-crime law that expanded protections to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
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D.
Hughes Amendment
The Hughes Amendment is a 1986 U.S. federal provision that effectively banned civilian ownership of newly manufactured fully automatic firearms by freezing the machine gun registry.
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E.
Nunn–Cohen Amendment
The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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conscience protection law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect moral objections of health care providers regarding abortion
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protect religious objections of health care providers regarding abortion ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
health care entities
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individual health care providers ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasLegalDomain |
civil rights law
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health law ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
conditions certain federal funds on respect for abortion-related conscience rights
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prohibits discrimination against entities that decline to provide abortion services ⓘ |
| legislativeType | appropriations rider ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dan Coats
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Olympia Snowe ⓘ |
| protects |
health care entities that refuse to pay for abortions
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health care entities that refuse to provide abortions ⓘ health care entities that refuse to refer for abortions ⓘ health care entities that refuse to train in abortion procedures ⓘ health care professionals with moral objections to abortion ⓘ health care professionals with religious objections to abortion ⓘ |
| regulates | conditions on federal funding for health care entities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Church Amendments
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linked to:
Church Amendment
Weldon Amendment ⓘ |
| scope |
abortion provision
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abortion referrals ⓘ abortion training ⓘ payment for abortion-related services ⓘ |
| subjectOf | federal conscience protections for abortion ⓘ |
| topic |
abortion
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freedom of conscience in health care ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coats–Snowe Amendment Description of subject: The Coats–Snowe Amendment is a U.S. federal conscience-protection law that shields healthcare entities and providers from being required to perform or refer for abortions contrary to their moral or religious beliefs.
Referenced by (2)
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