HB50 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Juandalynn Givan Representative

Democrat

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Description

Under existing law, abortion is prohibited except to prevent a serious health risk to the unborn child's mother.

This bill would authorize an abortion necessary to preserve the health of the unborn child's mother.

This bill would authorize an abortion if the pregnancy results from rape or incest.

This bill would provide that if an unborn child's father is convicted of rape or incest resulting in a pregnancy subject to abortion, he must pay for the abortion and related costs and undergo either a vasectomy or castration, as determined by the court.

This bill would authorize the mother of an unborn child who undergoes an abortion to preserve her health to petition the court to require the unborn child's father to pay for all medical expenses related to the pregnancy and the abortion.

This bill would authorize a court to adjudicate paternity if an alleged father who is required to pay expenses disputes paternity and would provide for jurisdiction.

This bill would also authorize the father of an unborn child who is required to pay expenses to petition the court for relief and would authorize the HB50 INTRODUCED court to grant relief on the condition that the father undergoes a vasectomy.

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Subjects

Health