Protections From Civil Liability in State Abortion Conscience Laws.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jama.2019.15105 and PMC identifier 6865309.
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Abstract
This study characterizes the number and scope of state laws that protect clinicians, institutions, and others from adverse legal consequences if they refuse to participate in abortion and limitations on rights of refusal in cases of patient emergency and preservation of patients’ right to sue for injury in such cases.
Medical subject headings
- Abortion, Legal
- Liability, Legal
- State Government
- Treatment Refusal