A physician, nurse, staff member, or employee of a hospital or other health care facility who objects to directly or indirectly performing or participating in an abortion procedure may not be required to directly or indirectly perform or participate in the procedure.
Tex. Occ. Code § 103.001
RIGHT TO OBJECT
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of Midland v. O'BRYANT (2000)
Most recently applied in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (June 2024)
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.