Tex. Codes » Occupations Code · TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS GENERALLY · CHAPTER 103. RIGHT TO OBJECT TO PARTICIPATION IN ABORTION PROCEDURE
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Tex. Occ. Code § 103.001 (2026)

Right To Object

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Sec. 103.001. RIGHT TO OBJECT. 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.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2000–2024 · leading case: FDA v. All. for Hippocratic Med., 602 U.S. 367 (2024).
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FDA v. All. for Hippocratic Med., 602 U.S. 367 (2024). “, Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 103.001 (West 2022).”
City of Midland v. O'BRYANT, 18 S.W.3d 209 (Tex. 2000). “006; Tex. Occ.Code §§ 103.001, 160.003, 160.007, 301.”
FDA v. All. for Hippocratic Med., 602 U.S. 367 (2024). “, Tex. Occ. Code Ann. §103.001 (West 2022).”
Safeshred, Inc. v. Martinez, 310 S.W.3d 649 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “006 (West 2008) (stating that county employee may not be retaliated against for initiating grievance procedure); Tex. Occ.Code Ann. § 103.001 (West 2004) (forbidding employer from requiring medical personnel to participate in abortion procedure if they object).”
Safeshred, Inc. v. Louis Martinez, III (Tex. App. 2010). “006 (West 2008) (stating that county employee may not be retaliated against for initiating grievance procedure); Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 103.001 (West 2004) (forbidding employer from requiring medical personnel to participate in abortion procedure if they object).”
John Williams v. State (Tex. App. 2010). “006 (West 2008) (stating that county employee may not be retaliated against for initiating grievance procedure); Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 103.001 (West 2004) (forbidding employer from requiring medical personnel to participate in abortion procedure if they object).”
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