Delaware
2018 Delaware Code | Title 24: Professions and Occupations | Chapter 17: Medical Practice Act | Subchapter IX: Termination of Human Pregnancy
24 DE Code ยง 1791 (2018)
Refusal to perform or submit to medical procedures.
(a) No person shall be required to perform or participate in medical
procedures which result in the termination of pregnancy; and the refusal of
any person to perform or participate in these medical procedures shall not
be a basis for civil liability to any person, nor a basis for any
disciplinary or other recriminatory action against the person.
(b) No hospital, hospital director or governing board shall be required to
permit the termination of human pregnancies within its institution, and the
refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civil liability
to any person, nor a basis for any disciplinary or other recriminatory
action against it by the State or any person.
(c) The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or to give consent
shall not be grounds for loss of any privileges or immunities to which such
person would otherwise be entitled, nor shall submission to an abortion or
the granting of consent be a condition precedent to the receipt of any
public benefits.