The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 18 : Health
Chapter 223 : Reproductive Rights
Subchapter 001 : Freedom of Choice Act
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9494)-
§ 9494. Interference with reproductive choice prohibited
(a) A public entity as defined in section 9496 of this title shall not, in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, deny or interfere with an individual’s fundamental rights to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization or to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to obtain an abortion.
(b) No State or local law enforcement shall prosecute any individual for inducing, performing, or attempting to induce or perform the individual’s own abortion. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
