Do No Harm Supports the EDUCATE Act Introduced by Rep. Greg Murphy

RICHMOND, Va. – Do No Harm announced support for the EDUCATE Act introduced today by Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03). If passed, the bill would cut off federal funding to medical schools DEI programs.

The EDUCATE Act would defund programs that compel students or faculty to adopt specific beliefs or discriminate based on race or ethnicity. It would also defund medical schools that have diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices or any functional equivalent. The bill would also require accreditation agencies to check that their standards don’t push these practices, while still allowing instruction about health issues tied to race or collecting data for stats.

“Allowing rebranded race-based discrimination to infiltrate medical education is dangerous for future doctors and patients alike,” said Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, Chairman of Do No Harm. “I have witnessed firsthand the alarming rate at which DEI ideology has spread through medical schools across the country. If we fail to stop it, we risk a generation of physicians ill-equipped to meet the needs of their patients. Do No Harm applauds Congressman Murphy for taking this critical first step to end harmful DEI practices and make academic excellence the priority for medical schools once again.

American medical schools are the best in the world and no place for discrimination,” said Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. “The EDUCATE Act compels medical schools and accrediting agencies to uphold colorblind admissions processes and prohibits the coercion of students who hold certain political opinions. Diversity strengthens medicine, but not if it’s achieved through exclusionary practices. Medicine is about serving others and doing the best job possible in every circumstance. We cannot afford to sacrifice the excellence and quality of medical education at the hands of prejudice and divisive ideology.”

The EDUCATE Act is designed to ensure medical schools educate the next generation of medical professionals without perpetuating discrimination in the name of diversity, while keeping free speech and anti-discrimination laws intact. Do No Harm urges Congress to advance this important piece of legislation to safeguard medicine from divisive political ideology.

Click here to read Congressman Murphy and Dr. Goldfarb’s op-ed on the EDUCATE Act in the Wall Street Journal.

About Do No Harm: 

Do No Harm, established in April 2022, has rapidly gained recognition and made significant strides in its mission to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats. With more than 6,400 members, including doctors, nurses, physicians, and concerned citizens across all 50 states and in 14 countries, DNH has achieved more than 7,870 media hits in top-tier publications and garnered widespread attention through numerous broadcast news appearances.