00 SENATE BILL NO. 12                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to partial-birth abortions."                                                                           
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.16 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
04  Sec. 18.16.050.  Partial-birth abortions.  (a)  Notwithstanding compliance                                            
05 with AS 18.16.010, a person may not knowingly perform a partial-birth abortion unless                                   
06 a partial-birth abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is                                        
07 endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury and no other medical procedure                                    
08 would suffice for that purpose.  Violation of this subsection is a class C felony.                                      
09  (b)  A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed may not be                                               
10 prosecuted under this section.                                                                                          
11  (c)  The father, if married to the mother at the time she receives a partial-birth                                    
12 abortion procedure, and, if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the time                                 
13 of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the fetus may in a civil action obtain                                    
14 appropriate relief from the person who performed the abortion, unless the pregnancy                                     
01 resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.                              
02 Relief may include                                                                                                      
03   (1)  money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, arising                                             
04 from the violation of this section; and                                                                                 
05   (2)  liquidated damages equal to three times the cost of the partial-birth                                           
06 abortion.                                                                                                               
07  (d)  In this section, "partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which the                                         
08 person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing                               
09 the fetus and completing the delivery.                                                                                  
10    * Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to partial-birth abortions performed on or                               
11 after the effective date of this Act.