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Or. Rev. Stat. § 435.475 (2026)

Refusal to admit patient for termination

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      435.475 Refusal to admit patient for termination. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no hospital is required to admit any patient for the purpose of terminating a pregnancy. No hospital is liable for its failure or refusal to participate in such termination if the hospital has adopted a policy not to admit patients for the purposes of terminating pregnancies. However, the hospital must notify the person seeking admission to the hospital of its policy.

      (2) All hospitals that have not adopted a policy not to admit patients seeking termination of a pregnancy shall admit patients seeking such termination in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as imposed on any other patient seeking admission to the hospital.

      (3) No hospital operated by this state or by a political subdivision in this state is authorized to adopt a policy of excluding or denying admission to any person seeking termination of a pregnancy. [1969 c.684 §9; 1983 c.470 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1990–1990 · leading case: State v. Clowes, 801 P.2d 789 (Or. 1990).
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State v. Clowes, 801 P.2d 789 (Or. 1990). · cites it 3× “21 ORS 435.475. 22 The sections declared unconstitutional were former ORS 435.”
State v. Clowes, 785 P.2d 1071 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “It would also be inconsistent with ORS 435.475(3), which prohibits any hospital operated by the state or by a political subdivision in the state from denying admission to a woman seeking an abortion.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 435.475(3) — 2 cases
State v. Clowes, 801 P.2d 789 (Or. 1990). “21 ORS 435.475. 22 The sections declared unconstitutional were former ORS 435.”
State v. Clowes, 785 P.2d 1071 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). “It would also be inconsistent with ORS 435.475(3), which prohibits any hospital operated by the state or by a political subdivision in the state from denying admission to a woman seeking an abortion.”
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