Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures

65-444. Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures. No medical care facility, medical care facility administrator or governing board of any medical care facility shall be required to permit the performance, referral for, or participation in medical procedures or in the prescription or administration of any device or drug which result in the termination of human pregnancies of an effect of which the medical care facility, administrator or board reasonably believes may result in the termination of human pregnancies within its facility and the refusal to permit such procedures, prescription or administration shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person. A medical care facility may establish criteria and procedures under which pregnancies may be terminated within its institution, in addition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating or accrediting agencies. History: L. 1969, ch. 182, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 233; L. 2012, ch. 112, § 2; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Damages: Recovery of Damages in Actions for Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Life and Wrongful Conception," Lee Ann Nicholson, 23 W.L.J. 309, 319 (1984). Attorney General's Opinions: Cities' home rule powers; regulation of abortion. 90-107. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Certification by three physicians in writing of the circumstances necessitating abortion held to violate constitution. Poe v. Menghini, U.S. District Court of Kansas, Civil Action No. KC-3411, filed March 13, 1972. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026