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Refusal Clauses in Current Law

Refusal clauses can permit a broad range of individuals and institutions – including hospitals, hospital employees, health-care providers, and insurers – to refuse to provide, pay for, counsel about, or even refer for medical treatment. 

Since the first refusal clause was enacted in 1973, anti-choice lawmakers have aggressively used these dangerous laws to deny women information and access to health care so as to limit a woman's right to choose.

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