Hollywood is going to completely lose it over the newest anti-abortion bill up for consideration in the state of Alabama.
Unlike the Georgia bill, which bans abortion after a heartbeat is detected, the Alabama bill bans abortions at any point in a woman’s pregnancy.
But it doesn’t just ban abortion. It criminalizes abortion, making it a felony.
Here’s more from the AP:
Alabama lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony unless the mother’s health is in jeopardy. That comes after Kentucky and Mississippi approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which happens as soon as the sixth week of pregnancy. Other states, including Georgia and South Carolina, could enact similar bans.
The Alabama bill , HB314, goes even further: It would ban all abortions, even those using prescription drugs, as soon as a woman is “known to be pregnant.” It does allow for ending a pregnancy when the fetus has a “lethal anomaly” or to avoid a “serious health risk” to the mother, but there are no exceptions for rape and incest. Any attempt to end a healthy pregnancy would be a felony.
Now just to be clear, the felony charge isn’t aimed at the mother seeking to get the abortion. I read the text of the bill just be clear on that point:
This bill would make abortion and attempted abortion felony offenses except in cases where abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother.
This bill would provide that a woman who receives an abortion will not be held criminally culpable or civilly liable for receiving the abortion.
The AP points out this bill, like others, is intended to take the issue of abortion all the way to the Supreme Court:
“It simply criminalizes abortion,” said bill sponsor Rep. Terri Collins, a Republican from Decatur, Alabama, said of the Alabama bill. “Hopefully, it takes it all the way to the Supreme Court to overturn (Roe versus Wade.)”
The text of the Alabama bill likens legalized abortion to history’s greatest atrocities, including the Holocaust. The bill has more than 60 co-sponsors in the 105-member Alabama House of Representatives.
Amen to that!
Also, in case you’re wondering, this bill has a great chance of passing given the makeup of the Alabama legislature:
