§453-16 Intentional termination of pregnancy; refusal to perform. (a) A licensed physician or surgeon or licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon may provide abortion care. A licensed physician assistant may provide medication or aspiration abortion care in the first trimester of pregnancy.
(b) The State shall not deny or interfere with a pregnant person's right to choose to:
(c) Nothing in this section shall require any hospital or any person to participate in an abortion nor shall any hospital or any person be liable for a refusal.
(d) For purposes of this section:
"Abortion" means an intentional termination of the pregnancy of a nonviable fetus.
"Nonviable fetus" means a fetus that does not have a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival outside of the uterus. [L 1970, c 1, §2; am L 2006, c 35, §2; am L 2008, c 5, §18; am L 2023, c 2, §2]