Alabama abortion ban vote delayed after shouting breaks out

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Source: wash Post








May 9 at 2:46 PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday postponed a vote on a proposed abortion ban after anger erupted in the state Senate when some Republicans stripped an exception for rape and incest from the bill.

Shouting broke among senators when the exemption for rape and incest was removed without a roll call vote. Democrats and some Republicans objected to the change to the bill, which would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony, being gaveled through quickly.

“You’ve got 27 men over on the other side ready to tell women what they can do with their bodies,” Democratic Sen. Bobby Singleton said. “You don’t have to procedurally just try to railroad us.”

Republican Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth said legislative procedures were properly followed

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh suggested lawmakers go home for the weekend to cool off and resume debate on the bill Tuesday. Marsh said he supports an exemption for rape and wants a roll call vote on the matter next week. He said the bill still has a favorable outlook in the GOP-dominated chamber.


The anger over the procedural dispute underscored tensions over the proposal that would become the most stringent abortion restriction in the country if approved.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alabamas-proposed-abortion-ban-nears-final-vote/2019/05/09/300d0480-7218-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html?utm_term=.e18731b29315

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I think women and families are in deep trouble right now.





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FILE - In this Wednesday April 17, 2019 file photo, Bianca Cameron-Schwiesow, from left, Kari Crowe and Margeaux Hardline, dressed as handmaids, take part in a protest against HB314, the abortion ban bill, at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala. An attempt to outlaw abortion in Alabama is headed to a committee vote in the Alabama Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday morning, May 8, 2019, on the bill following a public hearing. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File) (Associated Press)
By Kim Chandler | AP

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Dear God!

They are dying for a fight at SCOTUS.


NO way. States Rights - they have Confederate Statues paid for with my tax dollars . . .

Then I'm gonna have abortion in NJ.

They aren't gonna tell US what to do.

[Tech]

2. I just recently watched the series Versailles

Not a time period or era I have been interested in, but I think I will start to do some reading on the French Revolution. Any ideas of good books to read on the subject? Our time is coming.

[ArizonaLib]

3. So much for republican love for the constitution

They are selfish hate filled evil soulless animals.

[sop]

4. The importance of nominating Supreme Court Justices cannot be overstated

Republicans will vote for a flawed candidate so long as they agree with them on a single issue important to them. Too many Democrats won't vote for a flawed candidate solely because they disagree with them on just one issue important to them, consequences be damned.

In 2016 far too many Democrats said, "I could never vote for Hillary because of (fill in that one important issue, there were probably a number of them, all valid)." These were usually life-long progressives who strongly believed in a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions, not the state. Say what you will about Hillary, she definitely wasn't anti-choice.

This Alabama case will end up before the Supreme Court. It could overturn women's rights in America. If that happens, it's because Trump, not Hillary, got the chance to appoint 2 justices. Elections have consequences, and wasting one's precious vote on some feel-good third party candidate, or not voting at all, is why this shit happens.

[Maggiemayhem]

5. Agree across the board.

[Mc Mike]

6. Such insane and evil freaks. nt