Women in Alabama who take abortion pills to end their pregnancies can be prosecuted, Attorney General Steve Marshall told CBS News.
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.
President Biden says he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access.
Alabama’s abortion ban took effect Friday.
Dr. Daniel Atkins said the church needs to show women in crisis pregnancies that they are there for them.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– People everywhere are talking about today’s historic U-S Supreme Court decision — overturning Roe v. Wade. People in Selma shared their thoughts about the high court’s ruling. A lot of people — say they’re against abortions — as a matter of personal faith. “I think it’s a great decision because — it’s too much birth…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says a federal court injunction blocking the state’s abortion ban has now been lifted.
President Joe Biden said Friday that “it’s a sad day for the court and the country” after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
