The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging two new Alabama abortion restrictions, one banning clinics near schools and another banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The complaint filed Thursday said the location restriction would force two of the state’s five abortion clinics to close. Alabama lawmakers voted earlier this spring to ban abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of a public…
An Alabama House committee has passed a bill to keep abortion clinics at least 2,000 feet away from public schools. Bill sponsor Sen. Paul Sanford said he wants to protect schoolchildren from the “chaos” of protestors outside abortion facilities. The bill, which passed the Senate in March, will now go to the House for a vote. The bill will shutter…
The Alabama Senate has voted to prohibit abortion clinics from locating near public schools. Senators approved the bill Tuesday on a 27-6 vote, sending it to the House. Republican Sen. Paul Sanford is sponsoring the bill and says he wants to force an abortion clinic to move away from a school in Huntsville. The Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives…
