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Alabama governor signs abortion bill into law

New law is the most restrictive in the nation, making it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy
Alabama’s Republican-controlled state senate passed yesterday the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, making it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy. Today, despite protests and lawsuits, governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law.
   

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In all meaningful respects, this bill closely resembles an abortion ban that has been a part of Alabama law for well over 100 years. As today’s bill itself recognizes, that longstanding abortion law has been rendered “unenforceable as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade.”

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. 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.

 
Pro-choice supporters protest as Alabama state senate votes on the strictest anti-abortion bill in the United States. Photograph: Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters
Pro-choice supporters protest as Alabama state senate votes on the strictest anti-abortion bill in the United States. Photograph: Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters


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Source: The Guardian

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