Provides that either a person or an unborn child in any stage of gestation may be the victim of an assault or homicide; states situations when it does not constitute an assault on an unborn child such as during the course of an otherwise lawful abortion, during normal medical treatment or by the pregnant woman; defines "person" to include any human being who is born and is alive or an unborn child at any stage of gestation.
Provides that either a person or an unborn child in any stage of gestation may be the victim of an assault or homicide; states situations when it does not constitute an assault on an unborn child such as during the course of an otherwise lawful abortion, during normal medical treatment or by the pregnant woman; defines "person" to include any human being who is born and is alive or an unborn child at any stage of gestation.
Relating to abortion; to amend Sections 13A-3-30 and 13A-6-1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide legislative findings; to amend the definition of "person" to include an unborn child from the moment of fertilization; to provide duress as a defense to a murder charge against a woman for the death of her unborn child; to prohibit certain criminal prosecutions for certain medical care resulting in incidental or unintentional death or injury to an unborn child, provided all other reasonable alternatives to the medical care were exhausted; to repeal provisions prohibiting certain prosecutions for lawful abortions and against any woman with respect to her unborn child; to provide that prosecutions of homicide or assault where the victim is unborn shall be treated the same as if he or she were born alive; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
To Add Protections For Unborn Children By Allowing Prosecution When A Person Causes The Death Of An Unborn Child; To Repeal Laws That May Allow A Person To Pressure A Pregnant Woman To Get An Abortion; And To Declare An Emergency.
Unborn children; defined from the moment of fertilization for purposes of certain criminal prosecution, prosecutions for murder and assault of unborn child authorized and further provided for, defense of duress authorized for woman charged with death of her own child
A bill for an act relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, the defense of compulsion, homicide and related crimes, and assault, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, the defense of compulsion, homicide and related crimes, and assault, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.