Kentucky
2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes | Chapter 311 - Physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists, and related medical practitioners
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311.800 -- Abortions in private hospital or health care facility -- Unlawful discriminatory practices.
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(3) No private hospital or private health care facility shall be required to, or
held liable for refusal to, perform or permit the performance of abortion
contrary to its stated ethical policy.
(4) No physician, nurse staff member or employee of a public or private hospital
or employee of a public or private health care facility, who shall state in
writing to such hospital or health care facility his objection to performing,
participating in, or cooperating in, abortion on moral, religious or
professional grounds, be required to, or held liable for refusal to, perform,
participate in, or cooperate in such abortion.
(5) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the following:
(a) Any person to impose penalties or take disciplinary action against, or to
deny or limit public funds, licenses, certifications, degrees, or other
approvals or documents of qualification to, any hospital or other health care
facility due to the refusal of such hospital or health care facility to perform
or permit to be performed, participate in, or cooperate in, abortion by reason
of objection thereto on moral, religious or professional grounds, or because of
any statement or other manifestation of attitude by such hospital or health care
facility with respect to abortion; or,
(b) Any person to impose penalties or take disciplinary action against, or to
deny or limit public funds, licenses, certifications, degrees, or other
approvals or documents of qualification to any physician, nurse or staff member
or employee of any hospital or health care facility, due to the willingness or
refusal of such physician, nurse or staff member or employee to perform or
participate in abortion by reason of objection thereto on moral, religious or
professional grounds, or because of any statement or other manifestation of
attitude by such physician, nurse or staff member or employee with respect to
abortion; or,
(c) Any public or private agency, institution or person, including a medical,
nursing or other school, to deny admission to, impose any burdens in terms of
conditions of employment upon, or otherwise discriminate against any applicant
for admission thereto or any physician, nurse, staff member, student or employee
thereof, on account of the willingness or refusal of such applicant, physician,
nurse, staff member, student or employee to perform or participate in abortion
or sterilization by reason of objection thereto on moral, religious or
professional grounds, or because of any statement or other manifestation of
attitude by such person with respect to abortion or sterilization if that health
care facility is not operated exclusively for the purposes of performing
abortions or sterilizations.