Alabama § 26-21-5 Medical Emergencies

Alabama Statutes

§ 26-21-5 — Medical Emergencies

Alabama § 26-21-5

Title 26Infants and Incompetents

Ch. 21Parental Consent to Performing Abortion Upon Minor

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 26-21-5 (2026).

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This chapter shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency exists that so compromises the health, safety, or well-being of the mother as to require an immediate abortion. A physician who does not comply with Sections 26-21-3 and 26-21-4 by reason of this exception shall state in the medical record of the abortion, the medical indications on which his or her judgment was based.

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This chapter shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency exists that so compromises the health, safety, or well-being of the mother as to require an immediate abortion. A physician who does not comply with Sections 26-21-3 and 26-21-4 by reason of this exception shall state in the medical record of the abortion, the medical indications on which his or her judgment was based.