{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9497","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 9497","heading":"Abortion; restricting access prohibited","body":"A public entity shall not:\n(1) deprive a consenting individual of the choice of terminating the individual’s pregnancy;\n(2) interfere with or restrict, in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, the choice of a consenting individual to terminate the individual’s pregnancy;\n(3) prohibit a health care provider, acting within the scope of the health care provider’s license, from terminating or assisting in the termination of a patient’s pregnancy; or\n(4) interfere with or restrict, in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, the choice of a health care provider acting within the scope of the health care provider’s license to terminate or assist in the termination of a patient’s pregnancy.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 223: Reproductive Rights","Subchapter 002: PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO ACCESS TO ABORTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/223/09497","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"8668f9a830fd536e0a318aa1f39d1536a4042e8115d58801fa8a4d6b727a690c","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9496","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9498"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}