Alabama lawmakers introduced a legislation that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony unless the mother’s health is in jeopardy
A Planned Parenthood supporter hosts an abortion rights button on her hat during a rally on the steps of the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. on March 14, 2019.Alabama is the latest Republican-leaning state seeking to enact a strict abortion ban as conservatives take aim at the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
Alabama lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony unless the mother’s health is in jeopardy. That comes after Kentucky and Mississippi approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which happens as soon as the sixth week of pregnancy. Other states, including Georgia and South Carolina, could enact similar bans.
The text of the Alabama bill likens legalized abortion to history’s greatest atrocities, including the Holocaust. The bill has more than 60 co-sponsors in the 105-member Alabama House of Representatives. “These bans are blatantly unconstitutional and lawmakers know it – they just don’t care. Alabamians are just pawns in this political game to challenge access to safe, legal abortion nationally,” Fox said.
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