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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 16. Regulation of Abortions

Section 20. Consent Required Before Minor's Abortion.

AS 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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