Section 26-23G-9 – Construction of Chapter.
Section 26-23G-9 Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, nor a right to a particular method of abortion. (Act 2016-397, §9.)
Section 26-23E-5 – Nursing Care.
Section 26-23E-5 Nursing care. At all times during procedures in an abortion or reproductive health center, nursing care shall be under the supervision of a registered professional nurse currently licensed in Alabama. At least one registered professional nurse shall be on duty to provide or supervise all nursing care of patients in preparation for and […]
Section 26-23F-4 – Release and Dignified Final Disposition of Bodily Remains of Unborn Infants.
Section 26-23F-4 Release and dignified final disposition of bodily remains of unborn infants. The mother, father, or authorized representative may request the release of the bodily remains to the mother, father, or authorized representative for dignified final disposition by burial, interment, or cremation. The request may be made by the mother, father, or authorized representative […]
Section 26-23H-1 – Short Title.
Section 26-23H-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known as The Alabama Human Life Protection Act. (Act 2019-189, §1.)
Section 26-23E-6 – Patient Care.
Section 26-23E-6 Patient care. All patient care in an abortion or reproductive health center must be rendered in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, State Board of Health rules, State Board of Medical Examiners rules, and current standards of care, including all professional standards of practice. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §6.)
Section 26-23F-5 – Sale or Other Disposition of Bodily Remains of Unborn Infant.
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 […]
Section 26-23H-2 – Legislative Findings.
Section 26-23H-2 Legislative Findings. (a) This state’s statute criminalizing abortion, Section 13A-13-7, has never been repealed. It has remained unenforceable as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) and its progeny, which struck down as unconstitutional a Texas statute criminalizing abortion and which effectively repealed by […]
Section 26-23E-7 – Prescription of Abortion-Inducing Drugs.
Section 26-23E-7 Prescription of abortion-inducing drugs. Only a physician may give, sell, dispense, administer, or otherwise prescribe an abortion-inducing drug. Because the failure and complications from medical abortion increase with advancing gestational age, because the physical symptoms of medical abortion can be identical to the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, and because abortion-inducing drugs do not […]
Section 26-23F-6 – Violations.
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 […]
Section 26-23H-3 – Definitions.
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 […]