Protection of Conscience Project
Protection of Conscience Project
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Service, not Servitude

Service, not Servitude
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Arkansas

2018 Arkansas Code, Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare, Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety,
Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health, Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Family Planning Act

AR Code ยง 20-16-304 (2018)
Public policy - Availability of Procedures, Supplies, and Information -Exceptions.

(5) No private institution or physician, nor any agent or employee of such institution or physician, nor any employee of a public institution acting under directions of a physician, shall be prohibited from refusing to provide contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information when the refusal is based upon religious or conscientious objection. No such institution, employee, agent, or physician shall be held liable for the refusal.