18-610. REFUSAL TO CONSENT BY PREGNANT WOMAN — EFFECT. Notwithstanding any provision of law permitting valid consent for medical or surgical procedures to be given by a person or persons other than the patient, the refusal of any pregnant woman, irrespective of age or competence, to submit to an abortion shall be grounds for a physician or hospital otherwise authorized to proceed, to decline performance of an abortion and/or to submit the matter of consent to adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction.
History:
[18-610, added 1973, ch. 197, sec. 9, p. 442.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 6 - ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTIVES
Section 18-601 - INTERPRETATION OF STATE STATUTES AND THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
Section 18-602 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.
Section 18-605 - UNLAWFUL ABORTIONS — PROCUREMENT OF — PENALTY.
Section 18-606 - UNLAWFUL ABORTIONS — ACCOMPLICE OR ACCESSORY — SUBMITTING TO — PENALTY.
Section 18-607 - ABORTIFACIENTS — UNAUTHORIZED SALE.
Section 18-608 - CERTAIN ABORTIONS PERMITTED — CONDITIONS AND GUIDELINES.
Section 18-608A - PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM ABORTIONS.
Section 18-609A - CONSENT REQUIRED FOR ABORTIONS FOR MINORS.
Section 18-609F - REPORTING BY COURTS.
Section 18-609G - STATISTICAL RECORDS.
Section 18-610 - REFUSAL TO CONSENT BY PREGNANT WOMAN — EFFECT.
Section 18-611 - FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
Section 18-612 - REFUSAL TO PERFORM ABORTIONS — PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS NOT LIABLE.
Section 18-613 - PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS PROHIBITED.
Section 18-614 - DEFENSES TO PROSECUTION.
Section 18-615 - CRIMINAL ACT TO COERCE OR ATTEMPT TO COERCE A WOMAN TO OBTAIN AN ABORTION.
Section 18-616 - SEVERABILITY.
Section 18-617 - CHEMICAL ABORTIONS.
Section 18-618 - CIVIL CAUSES OF ACTION.
Section 18-619 - ANONYMITY OF FEMALE.
Section 18-620 - CONSTRUCTION.