Alabama abortion ban: Republican state senate passes most restrictive law in US
Alabama’s Republican-controlled state senate has passed a near-total ban on abortion, making it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy. The abortion ban is the strictest in the US, and allows an exception only when the woman’s health is at serious risk. The measure contains no exception for rape and incest. The bill now moves to the desk of Alabama’s Republican governor, Kay Ivey, who is anti-abortion, and is expected to sign it. Civil rights groups have pledged to immediately challenge the ban in courts, which would ...
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