McCarthy: The abortion law in Alabama "goes further than I think"

The big Republican in the House said Thursday that he felt the new restrictive law on abortion in Alabama – the strictest in the country – was going too far.

"It goes further than I think, yes," said minority House leader Kevin McCarthy at a news conference.

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While the Californian Republican reiterated his anti-abortion stance, McCarthy challenged Alabama's ban on not including exceptions for rape and incest cases.

"I defend my pro-life position throughout my political career," he said. "But in all my political career, I've also believed in rape, incest, or the mother's life. There were exceptions. "

"That's exactly what Republicans voted on in this House, that's what our platform says," McCarthy added.

Kay Ivey, Republican Governor of Alabama signed the law Wednesday, to ban almost all abortions in the state, organizing a judicial fight that, he hopes, will end with the annulment of the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade.

The bill, which was easily approved by Alabama House, dominated by Republicans last month, makes an exception if the pregnancy poses a risk to the health of the mother. Under this measure, doctors were up to 99 years in prison for performing an abortion.

McCarthy declined to say he wanted to see the Supreme Court overturn the Alabama law, but he noted that the author of the bill hoped to trigger a court challenge.

"[The author’s] The goal was to try to get him to court, "McCarthy said. "The individual tried to get to an extreme position to try to make a debate in court."

The law, as well as several other anti-abortion bills recently passed in the country's red states, have aroused strong opposition among abortion rights advocates who are concerned that the ideological constitution of the present Supreme Court constitutes the precedent by roe in danger.

"When I was young, people had an abortion," tweeted Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). "Desperate women turned to the butchers in the halls or even tried the procedure through them. -Same. Some were lucky, others not. They all lived hell. Access to safe and legal abortion is a constitutional right. Complete stop. "