{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-26-21-5","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 26-21-5","heading":"Medical Emergencies.","body":"This chapter shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency exists that so compromises the health, safety, or well-being of the mother as to require an immediate abortion. A physician who does not comply with Sections 26-21-3 and 26-21-4 by reason of this exception shall state in the medical record of the abortion, the medical indications on which his or her judgment was based.","path":["Title 26 Infants and Incompetents.","Chapter 21 Parental Consent to Performing Abortion Upon Minor."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-21-5","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"942b87a1d66341d5cf96e568de930e063ced6a6366d2c80f002f6216c232b7ae","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-26-21-4","next":"us-al/ala.-code-26-21-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}