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Ala. Code § 26-23-1 (2026)

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This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997.

(Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §1.)

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Cited in 7 cases, 1998–2013 · leading case: Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. Siegelman, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1307 (M.D. Ala. 2001).

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Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. Siegelman, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1307 (M.D. Ala. 2001). · cites it 5× “The important issue before the court is the constitutionality of the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, 1975 Ala.Code §§ 26-23-1 to 26-23-6, which proscribes what it terms “partial-birth abortions.”

Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. Pryor, 180 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 1999). “, then Governor of Alabama, Bill Pryor, Attorney General of Alabama, and Ellen Brooks, Montgomery District Attorney, alleging that the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, Ala.Code §§ 26-23-1 to -6 (Supp.1998), and the Abortion of Viable Unborn Child Act, Ala.”

Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. James, 984 F. Supp. 1404 (M.D. Ala. 1998). · cites it 2× “Code § 26-23-1 to 26-23-6 (Law.Co-op.Supp.1997), which took effect on August 1, 1997, and proscribes what it terms “partial-birth abortions,” except under certain medical emergency circumstances.”

Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 397 (Ala. 2013). “4 An-krom argues that, if the legislature had intended to include unborn children in the class of persons protected by the chemical-endangerment statute, it would have used either of those more specific terms to clarify the scope of the statute.”

Summit Med. Assocs., Pc v. James, 998 F. Supp. 1339 (M.D. Ala. 1998). · cites it 2× “The first is the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, 1975 Ala.Code §§ 26-23-1 to 26-23-6 (Law.Co-op.”

Summit Med. Ctr. of Alabama, Inc. v. Riley, 274 F. Supp. 2d 1262 (M.D. Ala. 2003). “Code §§ 26-23-1 to 6, and the Abortion of Viable Unborn Child Act, Ala.”

Summit Med. Assocs. v. James (11th Cir. 1999). “, then Governor of Alabama, Bill Pryor, Attorney General of Alabama, and Ellen Brooks, Montgomery District Attorney, alleging that the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, Ala. Code §§ 26-23-1 to -6 (Supp. 1998), and the Abortion of Viable Unborn Child Act, Ala.”

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