{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-26-17-704","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 26-17-704","heading":"Consent to Assisted Reproduction.","body":"(a) Consent by a married woman to assisted reproduction for herself must be in a record signed by the woman and her husband and maintained by the assisting licensed physician. Consent by the husband of a married woman is not required for the donation of eggs by a married woman for assisted reproduction by another woman.\n(b) Failure of the husband to sign a consent required by subsection (a), before or after birth of the child, does not preclude a finding that the husband is the father of the child born to his wife if the wife and husband openly held out the child as their own.\n(c) The consent of a spouse to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by that individual at anytime before placement of the donated eggs, sperm, or embryos. The withdrawal must be in a signed record maintained by the licensed assisting physician.","path":["Title 26 Infants and Incompetents.","Chapter 17 Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.","Article 7 Child of Assisted Reproduction."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-17-704","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"5aba27a52b3ebafad29dc22c06086d7dac71655ffd04ece2934bd37aca423e3e","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-26-17-703","next":"us-al/ala.-code-26-17-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}