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26-23B-6
Section 26-23B-6 Criminal penalties. Any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion in violation of this
chapter is guilty of a Class C felony. No penalty shall be assessed against the woman upon
whom the abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced.
(Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §7.)...
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26-23B-7
Section 26-23B-7 Civil remedies. (a) Any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed
or induced in violation of this chapter, or the father of the unborn child who was the subject
of such an abortion, may maintain an action against the person who performed or induced
the abortion in intentional, knowing, or reckless violation of this chapter for actual
and punitive damages. Any woman upon whom an abortion has been attempted in violation
of this chapter may maintain an action against the person who attempted to perform the abortion
in intentional, knowing, or reckless violation of this chapter for actual damages. (b) A cause
of action for injunctive relief against any person who has intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
violated this chapter and Section 22-9A-13 may be maintained by the woman upon whom an abortion
was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of this chapter,
by any person who is the spouse, parent, sibling, or guardian of, or a...
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26-23B-8
Section 26-23B-8 Preservation of anonymity. In every civil or criminal proceeding or action
brought under this chapter, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom
an abortion has been performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced shall
be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The
court, upon motion or sua sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that her
anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and
shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing
rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each order
shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman
should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the
order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less...
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26-23B-9
Section 26-23B-9 Construction with other laws. The provisions of this chapter are supplemental
to and shall be read in pari materia with Chapter 22 of this title, relating to the abortion
of viable unborn children, and the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997.
This chapter shall not be construed to repeal, by implication or otherwise, Section 26-22-3,
Section 26-23-3, or any otherwise applicable provision of Alabama's law regulating or restricting
abortion. An abortion that complies with this chapter but violates the provisions
of Section 26-22-3, Section 26-23-3, or any otherwise applicable provision of Alabama's law
shall be deemed unlawful as provided in such provision. An abortion that complies with
the provisions of Section 26-22-3, Section 26-23-3, or any otherwise applicable provision
of Alabama's law regulating or restricting abortion but violates this chapter shall
be deemed unlawful as provided in this chapter. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §10.)...
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45-27-60.04
regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Deaths suspected to be due to alcohol,
or drugs, or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due to poisoning. (5) Deaths of persons
in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected
to be involved with the occupation of the decedent. (7) Deaths unattended by a physician.
(8) Deaths due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more weeks gestation unattended by
a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal abortion. (11) Any death of an infant or child
under 19 years of age where the medical history has not established some preexisting medical
condition to clearly explain the death and the preterminal circumstances. (12) Deaths which
are possibly directly or indirectly attributable to environmental exposure not otherwise specified.
(13) Deaths suspected to be caused by infectious or contagious disease wherein the diagnosis
and extent of disease at the time are undetermined. (14) Deaths occurring under...
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26-22-2
Section 26-22-2 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION.
The use of any means to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge
that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the
unborn child. (2) FERTILIZATION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (3)
GESTATIONAL AGE. The age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last
menstrual period of the pregnant woman. (4) HOSPITAL. An institution licensed pursuant to
the provisions of the law of this state. (5) LIVE BIRTH. When used with regard to a human
being, means that the human being was completely expelled or extracted from his or her mother
and after such separation, breathed or showed evidence of any of the following: Beating of
the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, definite movement of voluntary muscles, or any
brain-wave activity. (6) MEDICAL EMERGENCY. The condition, which, on the...
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26-23-1
Section 26-23-1 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion
Ban Act of 1997. (Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §1.)...
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26-21-5
Section 26-21-5 Medical emergencies. This chapter shall not apply when, in the best clinical
judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency
exists that so compromises the health, safety, or well-being of the mother as to require an
immediate abortion. A physician who does not comply with Sections 26-21-3 and 26-21-4
by reason of this exception shall state in the medical record of the abortion, the
medical indications on which his or her judgment was based. (Acts 1987, No. 87-286, p. 397,
§5.)...
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12-15-323
Section 12-15-323 Appeals of dependency and termination of parental rights cases. Appeals relating
to dependency and termination of parental rights cases shall take priority over other cases
filed on appeal except for emergency matters, including appeals from denial of waiver of parental
consent for abortion. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §20.)...
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26-23A-5
developing child at each of the two-week gestational increments, a clear description of the
unborn child's development, any relevant information on the possibility of the unborn child's
survival, and dimensions of the unborn child. The materials shall be realistic, clear, objective,
non-judgmental, and designed to convey only accurate scientific information about the unborn
child at the various gestational ages. (4) The materials shall contain objective information
describing the methods of abortion procedures commonly employed and the medical risks
of each, and the medical risks associated with carrying a child to term. (5) The printed materials
shall list the support obligations of the father of a child who is born alive. (6) The printed
materials shall state that it is unlawful for any individual to coerce a woman to undergo
an abortion, that any physician who performs an abortion upon a woman without
her informed consent may be liable to her for damages in a civil action at law....
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