Here's what you need to know about Alabama's abortion laws if Roe is overturned this summer.
program on Alabama Public Television on Friday night and was asked about the legal status of abortion in Alabama should the court upend the 1973 decision that said women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy before the viability of the fetus.
outlawing the procedure at all stages of pregnancy except to protect a woman from a serious health risk. It would be a Class A felony, punishable by 10 to 99 years, for a doctor to perform an abortion. The woman receiving an abortion would not be criminally liable. “We’ve got to see what the Supreme Court does. What is the ruling of the court and its implications?” he said.
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