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New Mexico Statutes 30-5-2. Persons and institutions exempt

New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 30 > Article 5 > § 30-5-2 - Persons and institutions exempt


Current as of: 2010

This article does not require a hospital to admit any patient for the purposes of performing an abortion, nor is any hospital required to create a special hospital board. A person who is a member of, or associated with, the staff of a hospital, or any employee of a hospital, in which a justified medical termination has been authorized and who objects to the justified medical termination on moral or religious grounds shall not be required to participate in medical procedures which will result in the termination of pregnancy, and the refusal of any such person to participate shall not form the basis of any disciplinary or other recriminatory action against such person.

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Questions & Answers: Abortion

So, let me get this straight. If I conceal the birth of a child and the child is still alive it's completely legal? Why does this statute point specifically to a "dead body"?...
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See also:

New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30 > Article 5 - Abortion

U.S. Code Provisions: Abortion

U.S. Code Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 90A - Protection Of Unborn Children

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