Ohio Code 4731.91 – No requirement for abortions
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(A) No private hospital, private hospital director, or governing board of a private hospital is required to permit an abortion.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4731.91
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02
(B) No public hospital, public hospital director, or governing board of a public hospital is required to permit an abortion.
(C) Refusal to permit an abortion is not grounds for civil liability nor a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory action.
(D) No person is required to perform or participate in medical procedures which result in abortion, and refusal to perform or participate in the medical procedures is not grounds for civil liability nor a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory action.
(E) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is liable in civil damages.