Only a physician may give, sell, dispense, administer, or otherwise prescribe an abortion-inducing drug. Because the failure and complications from medical abortion increase with advancing gestational age, because the physical symptoms of medical abortion can be identical to the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, and because abortion-inducing drugs do not treat ectopic pregnancies but rather are contraindicated in ectopic pregnancies, the physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering, or otherwise providing or prescribing the abortion-inducing drug must first examine the pregnant woman in person and document, in the woman's medical chart, the gestational age and intrauterine location of the pregnancy prior to giving, selling, dispensing, administering, or otherwise providing or prescribing the abortion-inducing drug.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.
Chapter 23E - Women's Health and Safety Act.
Section 26-23E-1 - Short Title.
Section 26-23E-2 - Legislative Findings.
Section 26-23E-3 - Definitions.
Section 26-23E-4 - Physician Requirements.
Section 26-23E-5 - Nursing Care.
Section 26-23E-6 - Patient Care.
Section 26-23E-7 - Prescription of Abortion-Inducing Drugs.
Section 26-23E-8 - Office-Based Procedure Requirements.
Section 26-23E-9 - Abortion or Reproductive Health Center Requiremetns.
Section 26-23E-10 - Paternity Inquiries of Pregnant Minor Child; Reporting Requirements.
Section 26-23E-11 - Promulgation of Rules.
Section 26-23E-12 - Violations.
Section 26-23E-13 - Civil Action for Damages.
Section 26-23E-14 - Adverse Licensure Action.