SB438 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Abortions, ectopic pregnancies excluded from definition of "abortion" when used in Code of Alabama 1975 and the Alabama Administrative Code, certain requirements relating to probable post-fertilization age clarified

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that a physician is not required to make a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of an unborn child prior to any procedure other than an abortion</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would specify that the reporting requirements for reporting fetal deaths and pregnancy terminations shall be construed to require a report of the probable post-fertilization age only for abortion procedures</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide that the term "abortion," when used in the Code of Alabama 1975, or in the Alabama Administrative Code, shall not be construed to include any procedure to terminate an ectopic pregnancy, unless the statutory provision or rule expressly states that it is intended to apply to an ectopic pregnancy</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To provide that a physician is not required to make a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of an unborn child prior to any procedure other than an abortion; to specify that the reporting requirements for reporting fetal deaths and pregnancy terminations shall be construed to require a report of the probable post-fertilization age only for abortion procedures; and to provide that the term "abortion," when used in the Code of Alabama 1975, or in the Alabama Administrative Code, shall not be construed to include any procedure to terminate an ectopic pregnancy, unless the statutory provision or rule expressly states that it is intended to apply to an ectopic pregnancy. </p>

Subjects

Health