No physician shall be required to perform an abortion and no person shall be required to participate in the performance of an abortion. No hospital shall be required to permit abortions to be performed therein.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-204
Right to refuse to perform abortions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Henderson (2000)
Most recently applied in State v. Henderson (July 2000)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.