Alabama Senate votes to outlaw almost all abortions and punish doctors

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Alabama Senate Votes To Make Almost All Abortions Illegal

You remember hearing people say “There’s no point in voting” or “Voting doesn’t change anything in my day-to-day life”, here’s exactly why all those people are stupid AF.

According to CNN, the Republican-led Alabama state Senate has voted 25-6 to make abortions illegal in almost every single circumstance. Doesn’t matter if a woman has been raped. Doesn’t matter if she’s pregnant as a result of incest.

The law only allows exceptions “to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother,” for ectopic pregnancy and if the “unborn child has a lethal anomaly.” Democrats re-introduced an amendment to exempt rape and incest victims, but the motion failed on an 11-21 vote.

Any doctor caught performing an abortion can be sentenced to 99 years in prison.

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has six days to sign the bill into law but hasn’t made a public comment about the legislation thus far. That said, it is reported the Ivey has historically stood in opposition to abortion and said this when Alabama shot down a 2018 anti-abortion law:

“I was supportive of the bill when it passed through the Legislature in 2016, and I signed it as president of the Senate. I am disappointed in the court’s ruling today; however, we should not let this discourage our steadfast commitment to protect the lives of the unborn, even if that means taking this case to the U.S. Supreme Court. This ruling clearly demonstrates why we need conservative justices on the Supreme Court, and I look forward to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh.”

What the F**K is wrong with these weirdos who want to control women’s wombs?! Abortions literally ONLY affect the woman who is considering having one. This is some bible-thumping bulls#!t.

Aren’t we supposed to have a separation of church and state in this dumba$$ country called America? SMFH.