Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 3215 — Publicly owned facilities; public officials and public funds

Pennsylvania § 3215
JurisdictionPennsylvania
Title 18CRIMES AND OFFENSES
PartPART II
Ch. 32ABORTION

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18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3215 (2026).

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(a)Limitations.--No hospital, clinic or other health facility owned or operated by the Commonwealth, a county, a city or other governmental entity (except the government of the United States, another state or a foreign nation) shall:
(1)Provide, induce, perform or permit its facilities to be used for the provision, inducement or performance of any abortion except where necessary to avert the death of the woman or where necessary to terminate pregnancies initiated by acts of rape or incest if reported in accordance with requirements set forth in subsection (c).
(2)Lease or sell or permit the subleasing of its facilities or property to any physician or health facility for use in the provision, inducement or performance of abortion, except abortion necessary to avert the death of the wom

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Legislative History

(Mar. 25, 1988, P.L.262, No.31, eff. 30 days; Nov. 17, 1989, P.L.592, No.64, eff. 60 days) 1989 Amendment.Act 64 amended subsec. (b). 1988 Amendment.Act 31 amended subsecs. (c) and (e) and added subsecs. (i) and (j). Cross References.Section 3215 is referred to in section 3302 of Title 40 (Insurance).

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