AK SB179

Prohibits abortions when the unborn child is viable outside the pregnant woman's womb, with exceptions only for pregnancies resulting from sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, incest, or when the abortion is medically necessary.

Requires physicians performing viable fetus abortions to use the abortion method that provides the best opportunity for fetal survival if it does not present serious risk to the pregnant woman's life or physical health.

Mandates that health care practitioners exercise the same degree of professional skill and care to preserve the life of an infant removed alive from the womb as they would for a child born alive at the same fetal age.

Allows parents to surrender infants removed alive during abortion to the physician or hospital, with notification to the Department of Health and Social Services required.

Classifies an infant removed alive during abortion as a "child in need of aid" if a parent is unwilling or unable to care for the infant, establishing grounds for state intervention.