This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997.
Ala. Code § 26-23-1
Short Title.
Known as the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
The act spans §§ 26-23-1 to 26-23-6 (6 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Summit Medical Associates, P.C. v. Pryor (1999)
Most recently applied in 274 F. Supp. 2d 1262 - Summit Medical Center of Alabama, Inc. v. Riley (July 2003)
(Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §1.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.