A new bill set to be presented when next week’s general legislative session starts could make it possible for victims of rape or incest to get an abortion.
is now focusing on women’s care and pregnancy prevention. They used to provide legal abortions in the state, but organizers don’t support the new bill allowing exceptions to Alabama’s current abortion ban.
“It does not, for instance, explain what would be required if a person were to say they wanted an abortion because they had been sexually assaulted,” Marty said. “There’s really not a lot of explanation of what exactly they are going to ask of the patients, and also what are they going to ask of the doctors. Are they going to have to have two doctors sign off in the same way the health exceptions we have right now, say that two doctors need to agree with this.
The bill would allow exceptions to the ban for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, but Marty said many patients in those cases often struggle to find doctors willing, even when abortions were legal in the state. “They weren’t able to access abortion when it was legal under these circumstances, trying to access them through exceptions when it’s not legal, is going to be completely impossible,” Marty said. “That is not going to change because they are suddenly now able to do an abortion because someone has been sexually assaulted. This puts a doctor in the uncomfortable position of which patient can be trusted.
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