North Dakota Statutes
§ 23-16-14 — Participation in abortion - Not mandatory
North Dakota § 23-16-14
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N.D. Cent. Code § 23-16-14 (2026).
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No hospital, physician, nurse, hospital employee, nor any other person is under any duty, by
law or contract, nor may such hospital or person in any circumstances be required to participate
in the performance of an abortion, if such hospital or person objects to such abortion. No such
person or institution may be discriminated against because the person or institution so objects.
For purposes of this section, "abortion" means the act of using or prescribing any instrument,
medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the
clinically diagnosable intrauterine pregnancy of a woman, including the elimination of one or
more unborn children in a multifetal pregnancy, with knowledge that the termination by those
means will with reasonable likelihood cause
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