Section 18.16.050. Partial-birth abortions.

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   (a) Notwithstanding compliance with AS 18.16.010, a person may not knowingly perform a partial-birth abortion unless a partial-birth abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury and no other medical procedure would suffice for that purpose. Violation of this subsection is a class C felony.
   (b) A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed may not be prosecuted under this section or under any other law if the prosecution is based on this section.
   (c) In this section, "partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

SB 179 BAN LATE TERM ABORTION; CHILD SURRENDER

History

(Sec. 1 ch 15 SLA 1997)

                    
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