26-23A-8
Section 26-23A-8 Medical emergency abortions. (a) Where a medical emergency compels the performance
of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman, before the abortion if
possible, of the medical indications supporting his or her judgment that an abortion
is necessary to avert her death or to avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major
bodily function. (b) The Department of Public Health shall develop a signature form for recording
the medical conditions associated with a medical emergency abortion. A signed copy
of the abortion, and the original copy retained in the woman's medical file for the
time required by law, but not less than four years. (Act 2002-419, p. 1074, §8.)...
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26-23G-3
Section 26-23G-3 Dismemberment abortion prohibited unless necessary to prevent serious
health risk to mother of unborn child. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it
shall be unlawful for any individual to purposely perform or attempt to perform a dismemberment
abortion and thereby kill an unborn child unless necessary to prevent serious health
risk to the unborn child's mother. (b) An individual accused in any proceeding of unlawful
conduct under subsection (a) may seek a hearing before the State Board of Medical Examiners
on whether the dismemberment abortion was necessary to prevent serious health risk
to the unborn child's mother. The findings of the board are admissible on that issue at any
trial in which such unlawful conduct is alleged. Upon a motion of the individual accused,
the court shall delay the beginning of the trial for not more than 30 days to permit the hearing
to take place. (c) No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed
shall...
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13A-6-1
under this section. Medical care or treatment includes, but is not limited to, ordering, dispensation
or administration of prescribed medications and medical procedures. (c) A victim of domestic
violence or sexual assault may not be charged under Article 1 or Article 2 for the injury
or death of an unborn child caused by a crime of domestic violence or rape perpetrated upon
her. (d) Nothing in Article 1 or Article 2 shall permit the prosecution of (1) any person
for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman or
a person authorized by law to act on her behalf has been obtained or for which consent is
implied by law or (2) any woman with respect to her unborn child. (e) Nothing in this section
shall make it a crime to perform or obtain an abortion that is otherwise legal. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to make an abortion legal which is not otherwise
authorized by law. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2001; Act 2006-419, p. 1042, §§1, 2.)...

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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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26-23A-4
Section 26-23A-4 Voluntary and informed consent required for abortion. Except in the
case of a medical emergency, no abortion shall be performed or induced without the
voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed
or induced. Except in the case of a medical emergency, consent to an abortion is voluntary
and informed if and only if: (a) At least 48 hours before the abortion, the physician
who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or a qualified person has
informed and provided the woman in person, or by return receipt certified mail restricted
delivery, and if by mail, again in person prior to the abortion, a copy of the printed
materials in Section 26-23A-5 which list agencies that offer assistance, adoption agencies,
development of the unborn child, methods and risks of abortion and childbirth, father's
obligations, and alternatives to abortion. Mailing of the materials in Section 26-23A-5
may be arranged by telephone. (b) Prior...
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26-23E-3
Section 26-23E-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug,
or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known
to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if
done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a
dead unborn child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health
of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term abortion as used
in this chapter, does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman
with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy
of a woman when the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. For the purposes of this chapter,...

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26-23H-4
Section 26-23H-4 Abortion prohibited; exception. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person
to intentionally perform or attempt to perform an abortion except as provided for by
subsection (b). (b) An abortion shall be permitted if an attending physician licensed
in Alabama determines that an abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health
risk to the unborn child's mother. Except in the case of a medical emergency as defined herein,
the physician's determination shall be confirmed in writing by a second physician licensed
in Alabama. The confirmation shall occur within 180 days after the abortion is completed
and shall be prima facie evidence for a permitted abortion. (Act 2019-189, §4.)...

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26-23F-3
Section 26-23F-3 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument,
medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy
of a woman known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with
reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not
an abortion if done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn
child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to
preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term "abortion"
as used in this chapter, does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of
a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does it include the procedure or act to terminate the
pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. (2) BODILY...
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26-21-3
Section 26-21-3 Written consent of parent or guardian to performing abortion on unemancipated
minor; written statement where abortion to be performed on emancipated minor; waiver
of consent requirement; coercion; forms. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b)
and (d) of this section and Sections 26-21-4 and 26-21-5 hereof, no physician shall perform
an abortion upon an unemancipated minor unless the physician or his or her agents first
obtain the written consent of either parent or the legal guardian of the minor. (b) The physician
who shall perform the abortion or his or her agents shall obtain or be provided with
the written consent from either parent or legal guardian stating the names of the minor, parent,
or legal guardian, that he or she is informed that the minor desires an abortion and
does consent to the abortion, the date, and the consent shall be signed by either parent
or legal guardian. The signatures of the parents, parent, or legal guardian shall be affixed...

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26-23B-4
Section 26-23B-4 Determination of postfertilization age of unborn child. (a) Except in the
case of a medical emergency, no abortion shall be performed or induced or be attempted
to be performed or induced unless the physician performing or inducing the abortion
has first made a determination of the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child or
relied upon such a determination made by another physician. In making such a determination,
the physician shall make such inquiries of the woman and perform or cause to be performed
such medical examinations and tests as a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about
the case and the medical conditions involved, would consider necessary to perform in making
an accurate diagnosis with respect to postfertilization age. (b) Failure by any physician
to conform to any requirement of this section constitutes unprofessional conduct. (Act 2011-672,
p. 1784, §4.)...
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