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26-23F-6
Section 26-23F-6 Violations. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who knowingly
violates any provision of Section 26-23F-5 shall be guilty of a Class D felony for each violation.
(b) Any person who experiments on a living unborn infant or the bodily remains of a deceased
unborn infant, experiments upon an unborn infant who is intended to be aborted, or performs
or offers to perform an abortion where part or all of the justification or reason for the
abortion is that the bodily remains may be used for research or experimentation in violation
of Section 26-23F-5 shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2016-140, §6.)...
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26-23F-5
Section 26-23F-5 Sale or other disposition of bodily remains of unborn infant. (a)(1) No person
shall knowingly accept compensation or payment for the sale, transfer, distribution, acceptance,
use, or attempted use of the fetal organs, tissue, or bodily remains of a deceased unborn
infant for research, therapy, transplantation, or experimentation. (2) No institution, entity,
or individual shall knowingly provide any compensation or payment to any other person, organization,
or entity for the removal, transfer, storage, processing, preservation, quality control, implantation,
transportation, distribution, disposal, or other manner of disposition of the bodily remains
of a deceased unborn infant for research, therapy, transplantation, experimentation, or any
other prohibited purpose under this chapter. (b) No person shall knowingly aid or abet in
any prohibited activity under subsection (a). (c) No person shall use an unborn infant, living
or deceased, in research or experimentation....
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26-22-3
Section 26-22-3 Prohibition, exceptions, and regulations. (a) Prohibition. Except as provided
in subsection (b), no person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly perform or induce
an abortion when the unborn child is viable. (b) Exceptions. (1) It shall not be a violation
of subsection (a) if an abortion is performed by a physician and that physician reasonably
believes that it is necessary to prevent either the death of the pregnant woman or the substantial
and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman. No abortion shall be
deemed authorized under this paragraph if performed on the basis of a claim or a diagnosis
that the woman will engage in conduct which would result in her death or in substantial and
irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. (2) It shall not be a violation of subsection
(a) if the abortion is performed by a physician and that physician reasonably believes, after
making a determination of the viability of the unborn child in...
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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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26-23A-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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26-23F-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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26-23B-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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13A-6-1
Section 13A-6-1 Definitions. (a) As used in Article 1 and Article 2, the following terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. Murder, manslaughter,
or criminally negligent homicide. (2) HOMICIDE. A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally,
knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person. (3)
PERSON. The term, when referring to the victim of a criminal homicide or assault, means a
human being, including an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of
viability. (b) Article 1 or Article 2 shall not apply to the death or injury to an unborn
child alleged to be caused by medication or medical care or treatment provided to a pregnant
woman when performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider. Mistake, or unintentional
error on the part of a licensed physician or other licensed health care provider or his or
her employee or agent or any person acting on behalf of...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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26-23B-5
Section 26-23B-5 Abortion prohibited where postfertilization age of unborn child at least 20
weeks; exception. (a) No person shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an
abortion upon a woman when it has been determined, by the physician performing or inducing
or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician upon whose determination
that physician relies, that the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child of the
woman is 20 or more weeks unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the woman has a condition
which so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion of her pregnancy
to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment
of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions. No such condition
shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage
in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in substantial...
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