Title 26 — Title 26
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Ala. Code § 26-22-1 Legislative Findings and Intent
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(a) The public policy of the State of Alabama is to protect life, born, and unborn. This is particularly true concerning unborn life that is capable of living outside the womb. The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds there are abortions being done in Alabama after the time …
Ala. Code § 26-22-2 Definitions
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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) FER…
Ala. Code § 26-22-3 Prohibition, Exceptions, and Regulations
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(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 physici…
Ala. Code § 26-22-4 Viability Testing
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Except in the case of a medical emergency, prior to performing an abortion upon a woman subsequent to her first 19 weeks of pregnancy, the physician shall determine whether, in his or her good faith medical judgment, the child is viable. When the physician has determined that a c…
Ala. Code § 26-22-5 Interpretation
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to recognize a right to abortion or to make legal an abortion that is otherwise unlawful. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-442, p. 746, §5.)