HB611 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jamie KielRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Abortion producing drug; prohibitions provided relating to access to abortion producing drugs via the internet or other information technology systems, Attorney General authorized to enforce, civil cause of action created, criminal penalties provided

Summary

HB611 would block access to abortion producing drugs in Alabama by targeting internet, IT, and payment infrastructure, impose criminal and civil penalties, and direct fines to pregnancy resource centers.

What This Bill Does

The bill prohibits internet service providers, cell phone providers, content delivery networks, and various information technology providers from enabling or facilitating the sale and delivery of abortion producing drugs in Alabama. It requires blocking known domain names and IP addresses that offer these drugs, allows the Attorney General to monitor and add more to a restricted list, and imposes criminal penalties for violations. It also creates civil enforcement with injunctions and fines, allocates 50% of fines to the AG’s office and 50% to grants for qualifying Alabama Pregnancy Resource Centers, provides affirmative defenses and immunities for certain providers, and creates a wrongful death cause of action for relatives of an abortion recipient.

Who It Affects

• Technology and payments infrastructure providers (Internet service providers, cell phone service providers, content delivery networks, domain name servers, hosting providers, data centers, and payment providers) and their customers in Alabama, who would be required to block or remove access to specified domain names and IP addresses and could face civil penalties or liability for violations.
• Providers and others involved with abortion producing drugs (including those who produce, sell, or facilitate delivery or payment for these drugs) and relatives of a recipient (women, spouses, children, parents, or siblings), who could face criminal penalties, civil actions, and wrongful death claims under the bill.

Key Provisions

• Prohibits Internet service providers, cell phone service providers, and content delivery networks from accepting or forwarding HTTP requests to any application that allows obtaining abortion producing drugs for delivery in Alabama, and prohibits enrolling customers in IT systems that enable such delivery.
• Prohibits information technology providers (including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), physical data centers, and payment providers from enabling the sale or delivery of abortion producing drugs in Alabama, and requires blocking specific domain names and IP addresses known to offer these drugs, with the Attorney General authorized to monitor the Internet to identify them.
• First violation by a provider or service is a Class C felony; second or subsequent violations are Class B felonies; particular penalties apply to providers who are not the person providing the drug.
• The Attorney General may file civil actions seeking injunctions and $10,000 fines per offense; 50% of collected fines go to the AG’s general account and 50% fund grants to qualifying Alabama Pregnancy Resource Centers meeting specified criteria (501(c)(3), Alabama nonprofit, ongoing client contact, no abortions, trained professionals, etc.).
• Affirmative defenses allow a defendant to avoid violation if unaware of the unlawful use and promptly blocked access or blocked others involved after learning; service providers have immunity from liability for actions to restrict access or deny service to abortion providers or related actors.
• A wrongful death cause of action is available to a recipient of an abortion producing drug, her husband, child, parent, or sibling against information providers, ISPs, providers of abortion drugs, or others who violate the act.
• Domain names and IP addresses listed for blocking include Aidaccess.org, Heyjane.co, Plancpills.org, Mychoix.co, Justthepill.com, Carafem.org, and any additional domains/IPs identified under Section 5, along with a continuously updated enforcement list.
• The act aligns with and is to be construed in pari materia with The Alabama Human Life Protection Act (Chapter 23H, Title 26) and becomes effective October 1, 2025, with severability and an ongoing enforcement framework.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Health