Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 26-23A-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall be known and cited as the Woman’s Right to Know Act.
(Act 2002-419, p. 1074, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 2003–2014 · leading case: Summit Med. Ctr. of Alabama, Inc. v. Riley, 284 F. Supp. 2d 1350 (M.D. Ala. 2003).
Summit Med. Ctr. of Alabama, Inc. v. Riley, 284 F. Supp. 2d 1350 (M.D. Ala. 2003). “Code §§ 26-23A-1 to 13. Its purpose is “to ensure that every woman considering an abortion receives complete information on the procedure, risks, and her alternatives.”
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.”
Planned Parenthood Se., Inc. v. Strange, 9 F. Supp. 3d 1272 (M.D. Ala. 2014). “(regarding requirements for performing abortion on a minor); Woman’s Right to Know Act of 2002, § 26-23A-1, et seq. (establishing certain informed-consent and waiting-period requirements, as well as that only a physician can perform an abortion); Ala.”
Summit Med. Ctr. of Alabama, Inc. v. Riley, 274 F. Supp. 2d 1262 (M.D. Ala. 2003). “SeeAlaCode §§ 26-23A-1 to 13. Its purpose is “to ensure that every woman considering an abortion receives complete information on the procedure, risks, and her alternatives.”
Hicks v. State, 153 So. 3d 53 (Ala. 2014). “” Hicks also argues that the legislature’s intent is further demonstrated in the definition section *61 of the “Woman’s Right to Know Act,” § 26-23A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, which defines “unborn child” as “the offspring of any human person from conception until birth.”
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