Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 26-21-5 (2026)

Medical Emergencies.

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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.

(Acts 1987, No. 87-286, p. 397, §5.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2002–2006 · leading case: Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of N. New Eng., 546 U.S. 320 (2006).

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Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of N. New Eng., 546 U.S. 320 (2006). “Ala. Code § 26-21-5 (1992); Alaska Stat. § 18.”

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Servs., Corp. v. Owens, 287 F.3d 910 (10th Cir. 2002). · cites it 2× “See Ala. Code § 26-21-5 (requirements do not apply where medical emergency exists); Ariz.”

Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood, 546 U.S. 320 (2006). “Ala Code §26-21-5 (1992); Alaska Stat. § 18.”

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