Alabama lawmaker files bill to jail women for abortions
ALABAMA POLITICAL REPORTER
“Abortion is murder, and justice demands that our laws treat it as such,” Yarbrough told APR when he first filed the bill. “If you look at Alabama law, you will see there is an exemption that says that abortion is not murder in our state. It’s time we change that. This bill is simply an attempt to align our law with our rhetoric. Alabamians agree: life begins at conception, and abortion is murder. The Abolish Abortion in Alabama Act reflects that sentiment.”
There has been some sway in whether Alabama is willing to prosecute the women involved in terminating their pregnancies since the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Although the law has effectively stopped surgical abortions at clinics in Alabama, women are still able to use abortion pills due to federal laws. Attorney General Steve Marshall previously said those women could be prosecuted for chemical endangerment, but later walked back those statements.