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.
History: 1971 c 693 s 1,2; 1986 c 444