The law criminalizes nearly all abortions, except for when the woman's life is at risk.
As expected, Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed the controversial Alabama Human Life Protection Act, which outlaws almost all abortions in the state, nearly 24 hours after the Republican-controlled Senate voted to send her the bill without adding exceptions for victims of rape and incest despite impassioned pleas from their Democratic colleagues.
Ivey added that the bill, which won't take effect for six months,"closely resembled an abortion ban that has been a part of Alabama law for well over 100 years."
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