Minnesota § 145.414 - ABORTION NOT MANDATORY
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§ 145.414. ABORTION NOT MANDATORY
(a) No person and no hospital or institution shall be coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist or submit to an abortion for any reason.
(b) It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that no health plan company as defined under section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, or health care cooperative as defined under section 62R.04, subdivision 2, shall be required to provide or provide coverage for an abortion. No provision of this chapter; of chapter 62A, 62C, 62D, 62H, 62L, 62M, 62N, 62R, 62V, 64B, or of any other chapter; of Minnesota Rules; or of Laws 1995, chapter 234, shall be construed as requiring a health plan company as defined under section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, or a health care cooperative as defined under section 62R.04, subdivision 2, to provide or provide coverage for an abortion.
(c) This section supersedes any provision of Laws 1995, chapter 234, or any act enacted prior to enactment of Laws 1995, chapter 234, that in any way limits or is inconsistent with this section. No provision of any act enacted subsequent to Laws 1995, chapter 234 shall be construed as in any way limiting or being inconsistent with this section, unless the act amends this section or expressly provides that it is intended to limit or be inconsistent with this section.
History:
1974 c 177 s 4; 1995 c 234 art 2 s 30; 2013 c 84 art 1 s 92
NOTE: This section was found unconstitutional as it applies to public hospitals or institutions under Hodgson v. Lawson, 542 F.2d 1350 (8th Cir. 1976), but see also Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 142 S.Ct. 2228 (2022).
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