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The 1973 Supreme Court of the United States's decision in the Roe v. Wade ruling meant the state could no longer regulate abortion in the first trimester. [9]A 2016 Alabama law banned dilation & evacuation (D&E) which is the most common abortion procedure used in the second trimester. [11]
Wade and the state’s abortion ban kicked in, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, said on a radio show that groups helping to fund out-of-state abortions could face felony charges.
The Human Life Protection Act, also known as House Bill 314 (HB 314) [1] and the Alabama abortion ban, [2] is an Alabama statute enacted on May 15, 2019, that imposes a near-total ban on abortion in the state. Originally set to go into effect in November 2019, a legal challenge against the bill delayed implementation until 2022.
Starbucks on Monday said it will cover travel expenses for U.S. employees seeking abortions but who do not have access within 100 miles of their home.
Enacted on November 10, 2000, this law was struck down by U.S. district judge Edward Harrington soon afterward because he felt there was an unacceptable discrepancy in the floating buffer zone being applied to anti-abortion protesters but exempted from clinic workers. [29] The law was restored in August 2001 by a federal appeals court. [30]
Alabamians may have to go as far as North Carolina, Virginia, or Illinois for an abortion. While the West Alabama Women’s Center lists a variety of resources for pregnant women on its website ...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall stated that Alabama law would allow the state to prosecute those who helped organize or finance trips by Alabamians to other states, in order to receive abortions, even if abortion were legal in those states. In July 2023, two abortion advocacy groups filed lawsuits seeking to prevent such prosecutions.
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