2006 Alaska Statutes
Title 18 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND HOUSING
Chapter 18.16. REGULATION OF ABORTIONS
Sec. 18.16.020. Consent required before minor's abortion.
Sec. 18.16.020. Consent required before minor's abortion.
A person may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion upon a minor who is known to the person to be pregnant, unmarried, under 17 years of age, and unemancipated unless, before the abortion, at least one of the following applies:
(1) one of the minor's parents or the minor's guardian or custodian has consented in writing to the performance or inducement of the abortion;
(2) a court issues an order under AS 18.16.030 authorizing the minor to consent to the abortion without consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian, and the minor consents to the abortion; or
(3) a court, by its inaction under AS 18.16.030 , constructively has authorized the minor to consent to the abortion without consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian, and the minor consents to the abortion.
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