Bill > HB266

This bill amends Alaska's abortion laws to require physicians to use the method of terminating a pregnancy that provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive if the method does not present a serious risk to the life or health of the pregnant woman. If the child is removed from the womb alive, healthcare practitioners must exercise the same degree of care to preserve the child's life and health as they would for a child born at the same fetal age. The bill also allows the child's parent to surrender the child to the physician or hospital, who must then notify the Department of Health and Social Services. Additionally, the bill amends the definition of a "child in need of aid" to include a child who was removed alive from the mother's womb during an abortion.