The measure would be the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the country.
Although the measure is set to take effect six months from Wednesday, when Governor Kay Ivey signed it into law, pro-choice groups, including the, have already said they plan to sue to block the law from taking effect. Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU, said the case could take years before it’s settled.
And as the battle plays out in the courts, abortion services would still be accessible in the state, Kolbi-Molinas said. Although, there are onlyabortion clinics left in Alabama after lawmakers have, for years, enacted incremental abortion restrictions making it harder for clinics to operate. These include measures such as strict licensing restrictions or waiting periods.
Kolbi-Molinas said the all-out ban represents an “extreme and unprecedented” change from these previous approaches—and that’s the point. “Why not go all the way?” said Eric Johnston, president of the Alabama Pro-Life Coalition, according to theEven if the law is blocked by a lower court, which proponents of the bill suspect will be the case, that’s all part of a larger legal strategy. Eventually, through appealing lower court decisions, anti-abortion lawmakers hope the Supreme Court will be forced to consider overturning. Although it’s unclear what will happen if the case does make it up to the supreme court.
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