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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26-23H-3
Section 26-23H-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. The term does not include these activities if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, to deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn
child's mother, or to preserve the health of her unborn child. The term 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) ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Any pregnancy resulting from...
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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-3
Section 26-23B-3 Definitions. For purposes of 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 to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant
with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the
life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as
the result of natural causes in utero, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant
woman or her unborn child, and which causes the premature termination of the pregnancy. (2)
ATTEMPT TO PERFORM OR INDUCE AN ABORTION. An act, or an omission of a statutorily required
act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial
step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance or induction of an abortion
in this state in violation of this chapter. (3) FERTILIZATION. The...
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26-23G-2
Section 26-23G-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The same as defined in Section 26-21-2. (2) ATTEMPT
TO PERFORM AN ABORTION. a. To do or omit to do anything that, under the circumstances
as the actor believes them to be, is an act or omission constituting a substantial step in
a course of conduct planned to culminate in the actor performing an abortion. Such
substantial steps include, but are not limited to, any of the following: 1. Agreeing with
an individual to perform an abortion on that individual or on some other individual,
whether or not the term abortion is used in the agreement, and whether or not the agreement
is contingent on another factor, such as receipt of payment or a determination of pregnancy.
2. Scheduling or planning a time to perform an abortion on an individual, whether or
not the term abortion is used, and whether or not the performance is contingent on
another factor, such as...
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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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26-23A-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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26-23B-2
the lives of unborn children from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates
that they are capable of feeling pain is intended to be separate from and independent of Alabama's
compelling state interest in protecting the lives of unborn children from the stage of viability,
and neither state interest is intended to replace the other. (14) Mindful of Leavitt v. Jane
L., 518 U.S. 137 (1996), in which in the context of determining the severability of a state
statute regulating abortion, the United States Supreme Court noted that an explicit
statement of legislative intent specifically made applicable to a particular statute is of
greater weight than a general savings or severability clause, it is the intent of this state
that if any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
words of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be
unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the...
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26-21-2
Section 26-21-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply: (1) MINOR. Any person under the age of 18 years; (2) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who
is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody,
and control of her parents; (3) 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 herein does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of...
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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms 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. 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 an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother
(pregnant woman) and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon
with a human ovum. (3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court
order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4)
GESTATIONAL AGE. The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual
period. (5) MEDICAL EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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