(a) There shall be no abortions performed subsequent to viability except where it is necessary in appropriate medical judgment for the preservation of the life or health of the woman.
(b) No person shall purposely take the life of the fetus born alive.
(c) No physician, nurse or other health care personnel shall be required, against his or her conscience, to perform, assist or participate in medical procedures which result in the termination of a pregnancy. The refusal of any person to perform, assist or participate in such medical procedures shall not be a basis for any disciplinary or other recriminatory action against him or her, nor shall he or she be liable to any other person for damages, allegedly arising from such refusal. No hospital, hospital director or governing board of any hospital shall be required to permit the termination of human pregnancies within its institution, and the refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person, nor a basis for any disciplinary or other recriminatory action against it.
(Ord. No. 1861-A-73. Passed 12-10-73, eff. 12-10-73)