Alabama lawmakers have often relied on the 'safety net' of the federal government to dampen their worst impulses, columnist Kyle Whitmire writes. But, now that net is gone. After the Roe draft opinion, who’s going to protect Alabama from Alabama?
the United States Supreme Court had voted earlier this year to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. CaseyIt’s a draft version, an early look. But the debate appears settled. It’s all over but the editing.passed “toughest in the nation” restrictions on abortion
If a 12-year-old girl gets pregnant after being molested by her uncle, Alabama Republican lawmakers would have that child carry that pregnancy to term. If a doctor helped such a girl end such a pregnancy, that doctor would be guilty of a felony carrying a sentence of up to life in prison. They voted, to require rape victims to have rapists’ babies, even after Democrats pointed out the bill did not strip rapists of parental rights.
And perhaps that was the flaw of the net. It protected lawmakers as well as the people they would hurt through their politics of meanness.
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