{"id":24055,"date":"2019-05-22T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=24055"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T16:33:02","slug":"alabama-senate-approves-anti-abortion-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/05\/22\/alabama-senate-approves-anti-abortion-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Senate Approves Anti-Abortion Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 15, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey<\/a> signed a bill into law that bans all abortions, with the only exception being cases when the mother\u2019s life is at serious risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ivey and pro-life campaigners plan on using the bill as a means to overturn Roe v. Wade<\/a>, a crucial civil rights case decided in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill also incriminates doctors that perform the procedure, charging them with felonies and up to 99 years in prison.<\/a> It does not include exceptions for pregnancies that come from rape and incest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signing the controversial bill on May 15, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ivey explained why she signed the bill into law:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature,” she said in a statement Wednesday. “To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bill joins similar legislature passed by the Ohio Senate and Gov. Mike DeWine<\/a> on April 10, and the Georgia Senate led by Gov. Brian Kemp on May 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These \u201cheartbeat\u201d bills<\/a> ban all abortions that occur five to six weeks into the pregnancy, when a heartbeat can be found. This is before most know that they are pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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