The end of legal abortions is progressing in the United States: Alabama approves its almost total ban – 05/15/2019

Alabama has just pbaded the law more severe on the ban on abortion in the USA.

Voted Tuesday by a group of legislators exclusively men, whites and republicans, the fate of this legislation – which forbids almost totally the opportunity to end a pregnancy – is now in the hands of Governor Kay Ivey.

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New legislation will make pregnancy termination a crime at any time, almost no exception. The approval of the text by a large majority in the Senate, controlled by the Republican Party, pbades the ball to Governor Ivey, who for a long time It has been identified as contrary to abortion.

Ivey did not disclose without sanctioning the standard. One of the initiators of the initiative, Terri Collins, expects the leader to support the ban. Before Tuesday's vote, a spokeswoman for Mr. Ivey said that "the governor intends not to make comments until she has the opportunity to check thoroughly the final version of the bill was pbaded ".

Alabama has joined other states, as well as politicians and anti-abortion activists, encouraged by the conservative new profile of the Supreme Court in the United States. They hope that these cases reach the maximum of jurisdiction and cancel the 1973 law that legalized abortion; a project based on the historic case Roe Vs. Wade. If this happens, Americans will see the end of the constitutional right to abortion.

"Roe vs. Wade has put an end to the lives of millions of kids," said Republican Senator Alabama's Clyde Chambliss in a statement. "Although we can not repair the damage caused by decades of legal precedents based on Roe, this bill has the potential to save the lives of millions of unborn children."

In total, about 16 states are seeking to impose new restrictions on abortion, in addition to bans already approved. Among those who have laws and those who seek laws, the total is 28 anti-abortion states in the United States

The strategy is to bring these laws to the state courts and, from there, to the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, the country's highest court blocked the entry into force of new restrictions on abortion in Louisiana. a tight margin and the case will be reviewed later this year.

Democrats in the state chamber of Alabama have criticized their Republican counterparts.

"The state of Alabama should be ashamed of itself, it should be ashamed, look in the mirror," said Senator Bobby Singleton. "The women of this state did not deserve this, all this is a political problem."

The largest human rights organization in the United States, ACLU, has promised to sue to block its implementation and He badured that the measure would not enter into force.

"This law punishes the victims of rape and incest by taking control of their own bodies and forcing them to give birth," wrote the ACLU of Alabama in a statement.

99 years in prison or in perpetuity

The bill will make pregnancy termination an offense punishable by 99 years in prison or in perpetuity for which I did it. The single exception these are the cases in which the health of the woman is seriously threatened. According to standard, Those seeking or undergoing an abortion will not be punished.

Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia have pbaded laws prohibiting abortion once the fetal heart rate is detected, which usually occurs around the sixth week of gestation. The standard of Alabama goes beyond completely veto the practice.

Senators of state they rejected attempt to add an amendment in the case of a rape or incest, which was rejected by 21-11.

Outside the Senate, about 50 people demonstrated by singing "Who Owns the Election? It's Our Choice." Several women were dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," a novel turned into a television series that describes a dystopian future in which fertile women are forced to conceive.

If the bill is sanctioned by the governor, will come into force in six months.

Critics have already announced that they will appeal immediately to the courts. Randall Marshall, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama, said that They write a complaint.

But law architects speculate with this. They hope that the bill will be rejected by lower courts, in the hope that they will eventually reach the court.

The Court two new magistrates Trump-nominated Conservatives Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh give the 9-member body a conservative majority.

Deputy Governor of Alabama, Wil Ainsworth, said that (the law) "We must challenge the obligations, and I am proud that Alabama is leading the way."

The law says that there have been more abortions in the United States since 1973 than deaths in "German concentration camps, Chinese purges, Stalin's gulags, death camp" Cambodian and the Rwandan genocide combined "

Although North Dakota (in 2013) and Iowa (in 2018) have adopted abortion bans, these restrictions have not yet come into force.

But his intent is the same as that of Alabama: to arrive at the court in Washington.

A total of 28 states are currently considering adopting laws prohibiting abortion in different ways.

Source: AP and AFP

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