Alabama Attorney General Explains Alabama’s Abortion Law
There is no provision for rape or incest. Under the law women who are pregnant under those circumstances are required to carry rape or incest pregnancies to term.
President Biden said it is “irresponsible” of U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member goes out of state to get an abortion.
The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as Gen. David Berger stepped down and with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) blocking approval of his successor.
There appears to be no end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t support fellow Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of military nominees, backing Democrats and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin instead.
Alabama’s abortion ban allows no exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest. Democrats in the Alabama Legislature want to change that.
Women in Alabama who take abortion pills to end their pregnancies can be prosecuted, Attorney General Steve Marshall told CBS News.
Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees.
President Biden signed an executive order to try to protect access to abortion under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
There is no provision for rape or incest. Under the law women who are pregnant under those circumstances are required to carry rape or incest pregnancies to term.
The state is asking a federal appeals court to lift an injunction and let it enforce an Alabama law that would make it a felony to give puberty blockers or hormones to transgender minors to help affirm their gender identity.