2005 Minnesota Statutes - 145.42 — Abortions; nonliability for refusal to perform.

     145.42 Abortions; nonliability for refusal to perform.  


    Subdivision 1.    Damages.  No physician, nurse, or 
 other person who refuses to perform or assist in the performance 
 of an abortion, and no hospital that refuses to permit the 
 performance of an abortion upon its premises, shall be liable to 
 any person for damages allegedly arising from the refusal.  


    Subd. 2.    Related actions.  No physician, nurse, or 
 other person who refuses to perform or assist in the performance 
 of an abortion shall, because of that refusal, be dismissed, 
 suspended, demoted, or otherwise prejudiced or damaged by a 
 hospital with which the person is affiliated or by which the 
 person is employed.  


    HIST: 1971 c 693 s 1,2; 1986 c 444