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Or. Rev. Stat. § 435.485 (2026)

Medical personnel not required to participate in termination

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      435.485 Medical personnel not required to participate in termination. (1) A physician or naturopathic physician is not required to give advice with respect to or participate in any termination of a pregnancy if the refusal to do so is based on an election not to give such advice or to participate in such terminations and the physician or naturopathic physician so advises the patient.

      (2) A hospital employee or member of the hospital medical staff is not required to participate in any termination of a pregnancy if the employee or staff member notifies the hospital of the election not to participate in such terminations. [1969 c.684 §§10,11; 1983 c.470 §3; 2017 c.356 §67]

 

      435.495 [1969 c.684 §13; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1 and 1983 c.709 §14 (435.496 enacted in lieu of 435.495)]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1990–2023 · leading case: State of Ohio v. Xavier Becerra, 87 F.4th 759 (6th Cir. 2023).
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State of Ohio v. Xavier Becerra, 87 F.4th 759 (6th Cir. 2023). “” 86 Fed. Reg. at 56,153.8 So the Rule responded to the States’ expressed concern.”
State v. Clowes, 801 P.2d 789 (Or. 1990). “20 ORS 435.485. 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× “not criminal when: "(a) That conduct is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent public or private injury; and "(b) The threatened injury is of such gravity that, according to ordinary standards of intelligence and morality, the desirability and urgency of avoiding…”
State of Ohio v. Xavier Becerra (6th Cir. 2023). “” 86 Fed. Reg. at 56,153.8 So the Rule responded to the States’ expressed concern.”
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