§ 90.12. Freedom of conscience.  


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  • A.

    No private hospital, hospital director, or governing board of a private hospital, within the city, is required to permit abortions to be performed in such hospital. Refusal to permit an abortion is not a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory action.

    B.

    No person may be required to perform or participate in medical procedures which result in an abortion, which are in preparation for an abortion, or which involve aftercare of an abortion patient, and refusal to perform or participate in such medical procedures is not a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory action. Penalty, see § 90.99.

(Ord. 160-1978)