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AL Code § 26-23A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23A - The Woman's Right to Know Act.|Section 26-23A-13 - Severability.

Section 26-23A-13Severability. If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid or unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of this chapter shall remain effective. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter, and each provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word be declared invalid or unconstitutional. (Act 2002-419, p. 1074, §14.)
AL Code § 26-23B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-1 - Short Title.

Section 26-23B-1Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §1.)
AL Code § 26-23B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-3 - Definitions.

Section 26-23B-3Definitions. 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 fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (4) MEDICAL EMERGENCY. A condition which, in reasonable medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy without first determining postfertilization age to avert her death or for which the delay necessary to determine postfertilization age will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. (5) POSTFERTILIZATION AGE. The age of the unborn child as calculated from the fertilization of the human ovum. (6) REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT. A medical judgment that would be made by a reasonable prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved. (7) PHYSICIAN. Any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state. (8) PROBABLE POSTFERTILIZATION AGE OF THE UNBORN CHILD. What, in reasonable medical judgment, will with reasonable probability be the postfertilization age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed or induced. (9) UNBORN CHILD or FETUS. An individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth. (10) WOMAN. A female human being whether or not she has reached the age of majority. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §3.)
AL Code § 26-23B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-4 - Determination of Postfertilization Age of Unborn Child.

Section 26-23B-4Determination 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.)
AL Code § 26-23B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-5 - Abortion Prohibited Where Postfertilization Age of Unborn Child at Least 20 Weeks; Exception.

Section 26-23B-5Abortion 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 and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. (b) When an abortion upon a woman whose unborn child has been determined to have a probable postfertilization age of 20 or more weeks is not prohibited by this section, in such a case, the physician shall terminate the pregnancy in the manner which, in reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, unless, in reasonable medical judgment, termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk either of the death of the pregnant woman or of the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions of the woman, than would another available method. No such greater risk 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 and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §5.)
AL Code § 26-23B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-6 - Criminal Penalties.

Section 26-23B-6Criminal penalties. Any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion in violation of this chapter is guilty of a Class C felony. No penalty shall be assessed against the woman upon whom the abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §7.)
AL Code § 26-23B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-7 - Civil Remedies.

Section 26-23B-7Civil 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 current or former licensed health care provider of, the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of this chapter, by a district attorney with appropriate jurisdiction, or by the Attorney General. The injunction shall prevent the abortion provider from performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, further abortions in violation of this chapter in this state. (c) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in this section, the court shall also render judgment for reasonable attorney fees in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. (d) If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and the court finds that the suit by the plaintiff was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall also render judgment for reasonable attorney fees in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff. (e) No damages or attorney fees may be assessed against the woman upon whom an abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced except as provided in subsection (d). (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §8.)
AL Code § 26-23B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-8 - Preservation of Anonymity.

Section 26-23B-8Preservation of anonymity.  In every civil or criminal proceeding or action brought under this chapter, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that her anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each order shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of written consent of the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed, anyone, other than a public official, who brings an action under Section 26-23B-7 shall do so under a pseudonym. This section shall not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from the defendant or from attorneys for the defendant. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §9.)
AL Code § 26-23B-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23B - Alabama Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.|Section 26-23B-9 - Construction With Other Laws.

Section 26-23B-9Construction with other laws.  The provisions of this chapter are supplemental to and shall be read in pari materia with Chapter 22 of this title, relating to the abortion of viable unborn children, and the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997. This chapter shall not be construed to repeal, by implication or otherwise, Section 26-22-3, Section 26-23-3, or any otherwise applicable provision of Alabama's law regulating or restricting abortion. An abortion that complies with this chapter but violates the provisions of Section 26-22-3, Section 26-23-3, or any otherwise applicable provision of Alabama's law shall be deemed unlawful as provided in such provision. An abortion that complies with the provisions of Section 26-22-3, Section 26-23-3, or any otherwise applicable provision of Alabama's law regulating or restricting abortion but violates this chapter shall be deemed unlawful as provided in this chapter. (Act 2011-672, p. 1784, §10.)
AL Code § 26-23C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23C - Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act.|Section 26-23C-1 - Short Title.

Section 26-23C-1Short title. This act shall be known as the "Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act." (Act 2012-405, p. 1108, §1.)
AL Code § 26-23C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23C - Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act.|Section 26-23C-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 26-23C-2Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all of the following: (1) Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, federal tax dollars, via affordability credits, subsidies provided to individuals between 150-400 percent of the federal poverty level, are routed to exchange participating health insurance plans, including plans that provide coverage for abortions. (2) Federal funding of insurance plans that provide abortions is an unprecedented change in federal abortion funding policy. The Hyde Amendment, as passed each year in the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations bill, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, FEHBP, prohibit federal funds from subsidizing health insurance plans that provide abortions. Under this new law, however, exchange participating health insurance plans that provide abortions can receive federal funds. (3) The provision of federal funding for health insurance plans that provide abortion coverage is nothing short of taxpayer funded and government endorsed abortion. (4) However, P.L. 111-148 allows a state to "opt out" of permitting health insurance plans that cover abortions to participate in the exchanges within that state and thereby prohibit taxpayer money from subsidizing plans that cover abortions within that state. (5) The decision not to fund abortions places no governmental obstacle in the path of a woman who chooses to terminate her pregnancy. (6) Moreover, it is permissible for a state to engage in unequal subsidization of abortions and other medical services to encourage alternative activity deemed in the public interest. (7) Citizens of the State of Alabama, like other Americans, oppose the use of public funds, both federal and state, to pay for abortions. For example, a January 2010 Quinnipiac poll showed that 7 in 10 Americans were opposed to provisions in federal health care reform that use federal funds to pay for abortions and abortion coverage. (8) The Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for unfettered and taxpayer-funded access to abortion, confirms that, based on Medicaid studies, more women have abortions when it is covered by private or public insurance programs. (b) Based on the findings in subsection (a), it is the purpose of this chapter to affirmatively opt out of allowing qualified health plans that cover abortions to participate in exchanges within the State of Alabama. (Act 2012-405, p. 1108, §2.)
AL Code § 26-23C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23C - Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act.|Section 26-23C-3 - Opt Out of Abortion Coverage.

Section 26-23C-3Opt out of abortion coverage. (a) No abortion coverage may be provided by a qualified health plan offered through an exchange created pursuant to P.L. 111-148 within the State of Alabama. (b) This prohibition shall not apply to an abortion performed when the life of the mother is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or when the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest or any procedure to terminate an ectopic pregnancy. (Act 2012-405, p. 1108, §3.)
AL Code § 26-23C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23C - Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act.|Section 26-23C-4 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 26-23C-4Construction of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion. (b) It is not the intention of this chapter to make lawful an abortion that is currently unlawful. (Act 2012-405, p. 1108, §4.)
AL Code § 26-23D-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23D - Ectopic Pregnancy.|Section 26-23D-1 - Ectopic Pregnancy.

Section 26-23D-1Ectopic pregnancy.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the term ectopic pregnancy means any pregnancy resulting from a fertilized egg that has implanted or attached outside the uterus. The term also includes a pregnancy resulting from a fertilized egg implanted inside the cornu of the uterus. (b) The term abortion, when used in the Code of Alabama 1975, or in the Alabama Administrative Code, shall not be construed to include any procedure to terminate an ectopic pregnancy, unless the statutory provision or rule expressly states that it is intended to apply to a procedure to terminate an ectopic pregnancy. (c) The requirement of Section 26-23B-4, for a physician to make a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child prior to an abortion shall apply only to abortion procedures. The requirements of Section 22-9A-13, for reporting fetal deaths and pregnancy terminations shall be construed to require a report of the probable post-fertilization age only for abortion procedures. (Act 2012-261, p. 506, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 26-23E-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23E - Women's Health and Safety Act.|Section 26-23E-1 - Short Title.

Section 26-23E-1Short title.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Women's Health and Safety Act." (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §1.)
AL Code § 26-23E-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23E - Women's Health and Safety Act.|Section 26-23E-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 26-23E-2Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) That the percentage of abortion or reproductive health centers that have been subject to adverse licensure action vastly exceeds the percentage of facilities in any other category that have similarly been subject to adverse licensure actions. This alarming level of regulatory non-compliance among abortion and reproductive health centers in Alabama puts abortion patients at unreasonable risk. (2) At abortion or reproductive health centers, patients are often treated in a manner inconsistent with a traditional physician/patient relationship. (3) Abortion or reproductive health centers are not operated in the same manner as ambulatory surgical treatment centers or physician offices. (4) Abortion involves not only a surgical procedure with the usual risks attending surgery, but also involves the taking of human life. (5) Abortion is a highly personal and very sensitive procedure which results in stress and concern for the patient that is unique to the decision to have an abortion. (6) Abortion is a very profitable procedure most often engaged in by stand-alone clinics without many of the safeguards found in a traditional physician/patient relationship or other medical care setting. (7) Because abortion and reproductive health centers do not currently provide the level of personal contact found in many physician/patient relationships and in other medical care settings, it is necessary for the Legislature to mandate the personal presence and participation of the physician in the process. (8) Moreover, because abortion or reproductive health centers have often failed to meet acceptable standards of medical care, it is necessary for Legislature to enact reasonable and medically appropriate health and safety standards for all abortion and reproductive health centers, and to provide effective enforcement mechanisms and disincentives for centers that are unable or unwilling to meet these requirements. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §2.)
AL Code § 26-23E-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 23E - Women's Health and Safety Act.|Section 26-23E-3 - Definitions.

Section 26-23E-3Definitions. 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, a lethal anomaly means that the child would die at birth or be still born. For the purposes of this chapter, the term, ectopic pregnancy, means any pregnancy resulting from a fertilized egg that has implanted or attached outside the uterus. The term, ectopic pregnancy, also includes a pregnancy resulting from a fertilized egg implanted inside the cornu of the uterus. (2) ABORTION INDUCING DRUG. A medicine, drug, or any other substance prescribed or dispensed with the intent of terminating the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman, with the knowledge that the termination will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Use of such drugs to induce abortion is also known as medical abortion. This includes off-label use of drugs known to have abortion-inducing properties, which are prescribed specifically with the intent of causing an abortion, such as misoprostol (Cytotec), and methotrexate. This definition does not apply to drugs that may be known to cause an abortion, but which are prescribed for other medical indications, such as chemotherapeutic agents and diagnostic drugs. (3) ABORTION OR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CENTER. A facility defined and regulated as an abortion or reproductive health center by the rules of the Alabama State Board of Health. (4) ADMINISTER. To give or apply a pharmacologic or other therapeutic agent to a patient. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer, leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the ultimate user or the user's agent. (6) PHYSICIAN. A person currently licensed by the Medical Licensure Commission, State of Alabama, to practice medicine or osteopathy pursuant to Section 34-24-50, et seq. (7) PRESCRIPTION. A physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. (8) REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE (RN). A person currently licensed in the State of Alabama pursuant to Section 34-21-21. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §3.)