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House Bill 314 here for yourself. It is short and easy to understand, but here is a summary of the important points that are likely to be hotly contended on social media by people who don’t know what they’re talking about.
HB 314, or The Alabama Human Life Protection Act, defines all unborn children as persons. This differentiates it from Georgia’s LIFE Act, which would only afford legal protection to preborn babies whose heartbeat can be..
UNBORN CHILD, CHILD or PERSON. A human being, specifically including an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of viability.
Section 6. (a) An abortion performed in violation of this act is a Class A felony.
(b) An attempted abortion performed in violation of this act is a Class C felony.
Despite banning most abortions from the moment of conception, many exceptions apply under which abortion would be legal, or cases in which the term abortion is defined to exclude certain types of pregnancy termination, such as ectopic pregnancies.
Here are the exemptions.
Section 5. No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be criminally or civilly liable.
Abortion may be performed upon confirmation from a psychiatrist that the mother could engage in conduct “resulting in her death or the death of her unborn child.”
The term [abortion] does not include a procedure or act…to terminate the pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child has a lethal anomaly.
The term does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy.
Removal of a dead unborn child.
The term does not include these activities if done with the intent to… remove a dead unborn child.
HB 314 is not a nullification law, meaning the state of Alabama will adhere to any court rulings striking down the whole law or parts of it.
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