HRS §457-8.7
Advanced practice registered nurses and abortion care
This section lets advanced practice registered nurses give medication or aspiration abortions in the first trimester if they meet certain license and practice rules. It also protects a pregnant person's right to choose abortion, but no hospital or person is forced to participate or held liable for refusing.
notaries
The statute, as written — Advanced practice registered nurses; abortions by medication or aspiration; refusal to perform
(a) Notwithstanding section 453-16 or any other law to the contrary, an advanced practice registered nurse may provide medication or aspiration abortion care in the first trimester of pregnancy, so long as the advanced practice registered nurse: (1) Has prescriptive authority; (2) Practices within the advanced practice registered nurse's practice specialty; and (3) Has a valid, unencumbered license obtained in accordance with this chapter. (b) The State shall not deny or interfere with a pregnant person's right to choose to: (1) Obtain an abortion; or (2) Terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. (c) Nothing in this section shall require any hospital or any person to participate in an abortion, nor shall any hospital or any person be liable for a refusal. (d) For purposes of this section, "abortion" and "nonviable fetus" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 453-16.
Sections this one refers to
§453-16 Abortion care and the right to refuse
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