{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-18.16.050","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 18.16.050","heading":"Partial-birth abortions.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding compliance with AS 18.16.010, a person may not knowingly perform a partial-birth abortion unless a partial-birth abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury and no other medical procedure would suffice for that purpose. Violation of this subsection is a class C felony.\n(b) A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed may not be prosecuted under this section or under any other law if the prosecution is based on this section.\n(c) In this section, “partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.","path":["Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.","Chapter 16. Regulation of Abortions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#18.16.050","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:20Z","sha256":"a358a22475da31eb933182ef0e02924efcee7b39fd6e6113d99438b6f85af6a0","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-18.16.040","next":"us-ak/as-18.16.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}