A doctor or midwife is never obliged to carry out a voluntary interruption of pregnancy, but must inform the person concerned without delay of her refusal and immediately inform her of the names of practitioners or midwives likely to carry out this procedure in accordance with the conditions laid down in article L. 2212-2.
No midwife, nurse or medical auxiliary whatsoever is obliged to assist in an interruption of pregnancy.
A private health establishment may refuse to allow voluntary terminations of pregnancy to be carried out on its premises.
However, this refusal may only be made by a private health establishment authorised to provide the public hospital service if other establishments are able to meet local needs.
The categories of public establishments that are required to have the means to perform voluntary terminations of pregnancy are set by decree.