Maine

2018 Maine Revised Statutes | Title 22: Health and Welfare | Subtitle 2: Health | Part 4: Hospitals and Medical Care | Chapter 406: Family Planning Services

22 ME Rev Stat § 1903 (2018)

4. Objections. No private institution or physician or no agent or employee of such institution or physician shall be prohibited from refusing to provide family planning services when such refusal is based upon religious or conscientious objection. [ 1973, c. 624, §1 (NEW)]

22 ME Rev Stat § 1907 (2018)
Refusal

The refusal of any person to accept family planning services shall not affect the right of such person to receive public assistance or public health services or to avail himself of any other public benefit. The employees of agencies engaged in the administration of this chapter shall recognize that the right to make decisions concerning family planning is a fundamental personal right of the individual and nothing in this chapter shall in any way abridge such right nor shall any individual be required to state his reasons for refusing the offer of family planning services. [1973, c. 624, §1 (NEW).]