Alabama Lawmakers Move To Outlaw Abortion In Challenge To Roe V. Wade
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Tuesday that could become the country's most restrictive abortion ban. It would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy.
by Debbie Elliott
May 01, 2019
2 minutes
In what would likely become the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, the Alabama House Tuesday passed a bill that would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy, unless a woman's life is threatened. The legislation is part of a broader anti-abortion strategy to prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the right to abortion.
Republican state" during, at times, contentious debate on the House floor.
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