Act 419, SB 333

• Session: 2002 Regular Session
• Year: 2002

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SB3331

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By Senators Poole, Lipscomb, Butler, Bedford, Lee, Callahan,3

French, Preuitt, Dixon, Means, Smith, Roberts, Denton,4

Waggoner, Armistead, Mitchell, Dial, Biddle, Little (T),5

Holley, and Little (Z)6

RFD: Governmental Affairs 7

First Read: 24-JAN-2002 8

SB333

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Enrolled, An Act,3

To establish the Woman’s Right to Know Act;4

prohibiting the performance or inducement of an abortion5

without voluntary and informed consent and specifying what6

constitutes such consent; to require certain documents proving7

that a minor is emancipated to be certified by the appropriate8

issuing authority; to prohibit a parent, legal guardian,9

custodian, or any other person from coercing a minor to have10

an abortion performed; to provide that the Department of11

Public Health develop appropriate forms for the consent and12

emancipation; to require the Department of Public Health to13

publish certain materials regarding abortions and14

alternatives; to provide for emergency situations; to require15

that only a physician may perform abortions; to prescribe16

criminal penalties and for license suspension of abortion17

centers; to provide for certain civil actions including18

professional disciplinary actions and license suspension; to19

provide for the right of intervention; to provide for a20

specific construction and a delayed effective date; and in21

connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the22

requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds23

within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of24

Alabama of 1901.25