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Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Aug 30, 2019
This law is Anti–Choice
SB 923
Failed to Pass
Mar 4, 2019
Co-sponsors: 21
Primary Sponsors: 2
Total Sponsors: 23
SB 923 would provide protections for people who refuse to participate in procedures related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if such refusal is based on the person’s ethical, moral or religious convictions.
The bill would prohibit employers from discriminating against an employee or prospective employee by refusing to reasonably accommodate the ethical, moral or religious objection of the employee or prospective employee, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the program or enterprise of the employer.
Employees would be able to refuse to participate in the following procedures:
The bill would prohibit a health-care facility, employer or school from discriminating against a person with regard to admission, hiring or firing, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, student status or staff status on the grounds that the person refuses, or expresses an intention to refuse, to participate in any such procedure.
The bill would allow health-care facilities to refuse to perform procedures related to abortion or physician- assisted suicide.
Latest Action
3/4/19 – Introduced.
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Primary Sponsor