Alabama's passage of the nation's strictest abortion bill is the latest bid by states in the South and Midwest to stake out a legal challenge on a highly emotional, and controversial topic.
The passage by Alabama's legislature of the nation's strictest abortion bill is the latest bid by states in the South and Midwest to stake out a legal challenge on a highly emotional, and controversial topic.
Story continuesFor abortion-rights supporters, meanwhile, the Alabama law is ominous. "The bill that ... is an all-out abortion ban. But make no mistake: Women across the country see what is happening, and they are going to be the deciding voters in the 2020 election," said Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood.
Alabama's bill, which would make performing virtually all abortions a crime, punishable as Class A felony, punishable by life or 10 to 99 years in prison. It passed the legislature on Tuesday and now goes to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who is expected to sign it.In April, Ohio became the third state this year to pass a"heartbeat" bill banning abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
The Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit group on sexual and reproductive health issues, finds the abortion debate ranges from seven states deemed"very hostile" to abortion rights to one state considered "very supportive." The law, which includes the non-medical term “human dismemberment abortion," makes it a crime for doctors to use instruments such as clamps, scissors and forceps to remove the fetus from the womb during the second trimester.
Likewise, pro-abortion forces see the courts as an avenue to create precedents to fortify their position.
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