Alabama governor signs nation's most restrictive anti-abortion bill into law

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Source: CNN

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law a controversial abortion bill that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.

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The Alabama Senate passed the bill 25-6 late Tuesday night. The law only allows exceptions "to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child's mother," for ectopic pregnancy and if the "unborn child has a lethal anomaly." Democrats re-introduced an amendment to exempt rape and incest victims, but the motion failed on an 11-21 vote.

Ivey noted in her statement that the new law may be unenforceable due to the Supreme Court's Roe V. Wade decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states. But, the new law was passed with the aim of challenging that decision, Ivey said.

"No matter one's personal view on abortion, we can all recognize that, at least for the short term, this bill may similarly be unenforceable," Ivey wrote. "As citizens of this great country, we must always respect the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court even when we disagree with their decisions. Many Americans, myself included, disagreed when Roe v. Wade was handed down in 1973. The sponsors of this bill believe that it is time, once again, for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit this important matter, and they believe this act may bring about the best opportunity for this to occur."








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Horrible!

[Docreed2003]

1. Not even hiding the real intentions of the bill, smdh

[Maxheader]

2. The bastard goes to prison for murder..

If one woman dies going to an alley coat hanger "doc"...

[paleotn]

3. Though a state supposedly can't legally secede....

Can the rest of the states kick them out?

[durablend]

4. Maybe we can build a wall ?

[Initech]

5. This is total lawsuit bait.

They got the ACLU's attention and it worked. Next stop - SCOTUS.

[joshdawg]

7. And unless Roberts retains some sanity in his Court,

it will become law of the land by a 5 to 4 vote, overturning Roe.

IMHO, Roberts, will be the swing vote in this....................even if it reaches the SCOTUS.

I can picture the four hard line right wingers on the Court just itching to get their hands on this bill, namely alito, thomas, kavanaught, and gosuck.
Bastards!

[Initech]

10. They're salivating over this, no doubt.

[question everything]

6. This is when I wish that the South remained separate

Also, that individual who support slavery - reigning over others - will, of course, wish to reign over women

[Mc Mike]

8. Insane AND evil. Today's repuglican party.

[duforsure]

9. The backlash from this

Will ensure a lot more women and men will vote trump and the gop out of office for this and all the many issues they've promoted against this country and the American people. This will be a really bad disaster for them, and they'll regret this . The majority is overwhelmingly against them. Along with another war started based on lies.

[Bengus81]

11. From what I read Missouri is right on their heels--and how far could Arkansas be from the same law?

No exception for rape or incest. Those fuckers are just sick bastards...........

[angrychair]

12. The "life of the mother" exception is toxic

By also creating the "doctor's go to jail for 99 years" piece to this law, even when it's a high risk pregnancy, very few doctors are going to put their careers and lives at risk to have their medical judgment reviewed by a prosecutor and questioned. Because if they are considered "wrong" because of "chromosomes or whatever" than their career is over and they agre going to jail.

So that there are "exceptions" is complete nonsense.