§1591. Immunity and employment protection No physician, nurse or other person who refuses to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion, and no hospital or health care facility that refuses to permit the performance of an abortion upon its premises, shall be liable to any person, firm, association or corporation for damages allegedly […]
§1592. Discrimination for refusal No person, hospital, health care facility, firm, association, corporation or educational institution, directly or indirectly, by himself or another, shall discriminate against any physician, nurse or other person by refusing or withholding employment from or denying admittance, when such physician, nurse or other person refuses to perform, or assist in the […]
§1593. Sale and use of fetuses 1. Prohibition. A person may not use, transfer, distribute or give away a live human fetus, whether intrauterine or extrauterine, or any product of conception considered live born, for scientific experimentation or for any form of experimentation. [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. K, §10 (NEW); PL 2003, c. […]
§1594. Failure to preserve life of live born person Whenever an abortion procedure results in a live birth, failure to take all reasonable steps, in keeping with good medical practice, to preserve the life and health of the live born person shall subject the responsible party or parties to Maine law governing homicide, manslaughter and […]
§1595. Live born and live birth, defined “Live born” and “live birth,” as used in this chapter, shall mean a product of conception after complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the […]
§1596. Abortion and miscarriage data 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “Abortion” means the intentional interruption of a pregnancy by the application of external agents, whether chemical or physical, or the ingestion of chemical agents with an intention other than […]
§1597-A. Consent to a minor’s decision to have an abortion 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “Abortion” means the intentional interruption of a pregnancy by the application of external agents, whether chemical or physical, or the ingestion of chemical agents […]
§1597. Parental notification of minor’s decision to have an abortion (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 413 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 61, §1 (RP).
§1598. Abortions 1. Policy. It is the public policy of the State that the State not restrict a woman’s exercise of her private decision to terminate a pregnancy before viability except as provided in section 1597‑A. After viability an abortion may be performed only when it is necessary to preserve the life or health of […]
§1599-A. Informed consent to abortion 1. Consent by the woman. A health care professional, as defined in section 1596, subsection 1, paragraph C, may not perform an abortion unless, prior to the performance, the health care professional certifies in writing that the woman gave her informed written consent, freely and without coercion. [PL 2019, […]
§1599. Informed consent to abortion (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 663, §133 (RAL). PL 1993, c. 61, §3 (RP).
