(a) No hospital, public or private, hospital director or governing board of a public or private hospital within the City shall be required to permit pregnancy terminations to be performed in such hospital. Refusal to permit a pregnancy termination shall not be grounds for civil liability nor a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory action.
(b) No person shall be required to perform or participate in medical procedures which result in an abortion. Such procedures which result in an abortion shall include those in preparation for the termination, those involving aftercare of the pregnant woman and any other procedure involved in the pregnancy procedure. Refusal to perform or participate in such medical procedures resulting in pregnancy termination shall not be grounds for civil liability nor a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory action.
(Ord. 1978-72. Passed 10-18-78.)