The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 18 : Health
Chapter 223 : Reproductive Rights
Subchapter 001 : FREEDOM OF CHOICE ACT
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9493)-
§ 9493. Purpose and policy
(a) The State of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of every individual to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization.
(b) The State of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of every individual who becomes pregnant to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to have an abortion. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)