2005 Minnesota Statutes - 145.414 — Abortion not mandatory.

     145.414 Abortion not mandatory. 


    (a) No person and no hospital or institution shall be 
 coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner 
 because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist or submit 
 to an abortion for any reason.  


    (b) It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that no 
 health plan company as defined under section 62Q.01, subdivision 
 4, or health care cooperative as defined under section 62R.04, 
 subdivision 2, shall be required to provide or provide coverage 
 for an abortion.  No provision of this chapter; of chapter 62A, 
 62C, 62D, 62H, 62L, 62M, 62N, 62R, 64B, or of any other chapter; 
 of Minnesota Rules; or of Laws 1995, chapter 234, shall be 
 construed as requiring a health plan company as defined under 
 section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, or a health care cooperative as 
 defined under section 62R.04, subdivision 2, to provide or 
 provide coverage for an abortion. 


    (c) This section supersedes any provision of Laws 1995, 
 chapter 234, or any act enacted prior to enactment of Laws 1995, 
 chapter 234, that in any way limits or is inconsistent with this 
 section.  No provision of any act enacted subsequent to Laws 
 1995, chapter 234 shall be construed as in any way limiting or 
 being inconsistent with this section, unless the act amends this 
 section or expressly provides that it is intended to limit or be 
 inconsistent with this section. 


    HIST: 1974 c 177 s 4; 1995 c 234 art 2 s 30