Alabama bill banning nearly all abortions passes House almost unanimously

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

A bill in Alabama banning nearly all abortions in the state passed the House of Representatives Tuesday with only three lawmakers voting against the measure.

State Rep. Terri Collins (R), a sponsor of the measure, said the bill is intended to go all the way up to the Supreme Court and challenge Roe V. Wade, currently the law of the land making abortions legal.

If passed, the bill would would criminalize abortions in all cases unless the health of the pregnant person was in danger and make it a Class C felony for a doctor to perform the procedure, according to Al.com.

The bill also does not include any exceptions for cases where rape or incest caused the pregnancy. The measure passed by a vote of 74-3.



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/441511-alabama-bill-banning-nearly-all-abortions-passes-house-almost

[riversedge]

1. my GAWD!! I have no words anymore.

[Mr.Bill]

2. I have become convinced

that defending these laws that are always thrown out in the courts has become an industry in the legal profession and the legislators are just using taxpayer money to fuel that industry.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Terri Collins is a woman and a traitor to her sex. n/t

[Coventina]

17. Agreed.

There's a special place in hell for her!

[cstanleytech]

4. Whats needed clearly is a Constitutional amendment to protect the right of a women to choose

but I probably have better odds winning a billion dollar lottery jackpot in my lifetime before that will happen.

[lordsummerisle]

5. I just looked at the Alabama House website

and looks like there's 17 or so women in it.
I don't get it. Do these women believe "abortion is murder" or do they think that men should just make all of their medical decisions for them?
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/House/ALRepresentatives.aspx

[rpannier]

6. Lot of fundies there

And lots of really conservative people
To them abortion is murder

on edit:
EWTN is down there

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Fundies have been whipped up & ultra-polarized for political gain by Grumpy Old Privilege party

... all over the nation.

[Sgent]

13. They believe

abortion is murder.

[nwduke]

7. I can hear the banjo

from Deliverance playing!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Rich Republican state Reps don't care. They have bucks to evade such (travel to other states, etc.).

[Maxheader]

10. Of course winger politicos are void of concern for

the woman's physical health or her spiritual health..Its all about the vote...

[Sunlei]

11. stopping reconstruction was USAs big mistake. states like Alabama would be so different today.

Now an entire state, a generation of people will have to wait many years for supreme court to tell Alabama no, your laws don't fly.

[Yavin4]

12. "The bill also does not include any exceptions for cases where rape or incest caused the pregnancy"

That alone makes all women the property of men in Alabama.

[CDerekGo]

14. If you cut off my reproductive choice, can I cut off yours?

[FBaggins]

15. There are 105 representatives in the AL House

74-3 is not "almost unanimous". It isn't even every Republican.

[EleanorR]

18. Can't stand The (S)Hill. Here's a CNN article that explains the count

All Republicans voted in favor of the bill, except for two who didn't vote. Nearly all Democratic House members chose not to vote, walking out of the House chamber in protest.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/01/politics/alabama-house-abortion-bill/index.html

[captain jack]

16. I guess it's ALABAMA OR BUST! for the anti-abortion set then? And another bumper sticker! n/t