Florida Contraception Refusal Clause (Fla. Stat. Ann. § 381.0051)

Florida Statutes section 381.0051 allows individuals and physicians to refuse to provide contraceptive procedures, supplies, or information.

The law, enacted in 1972 and last amended in 2012, permits a physician or other person to refuse to furnish any contraceptive or family planning service, supplies, or information for medical or religious reasons. A person that refuses to provide contraceptive services may not be held liable for such refusal.

Any refusing individual or entity is not required to provide notification or referral services to persons seeking contraceptive procedures, supplies, or information.

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Similar to Florida Statutes section 409.973, which permits managed-care plans to refuse to provide family-planning services and supplies based on moral and religious grounds.

 

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